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50 and 50L SERIES (M792) “Carta Topografica d’Italia” “Topographic Map of Italy” at scale 1:50,000 “IL FOGLIO”

TYPE

Sheets of the 50 Series are derived from surveys at scale 1:25,000.
It is published in two Series:

50 Series Normal
50 Series Administrative Borders
Orography is represented only by contour lines, there is no information related to vegetation and administrative borders (State, Regional, Province and Municipality) are overprinted in purple. Capitals of administrative areas are also highlighted.

CHARACTERISTICS

The information content consists of roads, anthropic settlements, technological networks, vegetation, hydrography, orography, administrative borders of State, Region, Province and Municipality.
Orography is expressed by contour lines (contour intervals of 25 m), elevation points and shading. Inhabited places are planimetrically detailed; the road network is classified according to the nature of the road surface and the width of the roadway.
Trees are represented in black on a green background.

SCALE

1:50.000

SIZE

20° in Longitude by 12° in Latitude
Average surface area of 600 sq. km. in the ED50 Geodetic Reference System (International ellipsoid with European mean orientation)

NUMBER OF ELEMENTS

632 sheets; all available

PROJECTION

The map is defined geometrically according to the rules set by the Universal Transverse Mercator Conformal Representation (UTM) in time zones 32, 33 and 34

KM GRID

UTM-ED50 cartographic system with conversion parameters for the Roma40-Gauss Boaga and UTM-ETRS89 Systems.

KM GRID

UTM, based on ED 50 European Geodetic Reference System

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