Eastern Turkey in Asia. Kerbela, sheet 40. Series G.S.G.S. no. 1522a.
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
map
Series Information
Series Name
I.D.W.O. no. 1522a.
Publication Information
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Great Britain. War Office.
Other Citation Details
Relief shown by form lines and spot heights. Some sheets from this set were revised and issued by War Office. Geographical Section. General Staff, published as G.S.G.S. no. 1522, 1522a. Series covers Mesopotamia and eastern Anatolian parts of Ottoman Empire. "Compiled for the Geographical Section, General Staff, by Lieut. Colonel F.R. Maunsell, C.M.G. [from] surveys in Lower Mesopotamia by Sir W. Willcoks, 1909-11, Survey of the river Tigris, Busra to Baghdad, No. 4,700 I. Simla,1909, Journey from Baghdad to Kerbela Nejef, Capt. H. Smyth I.A., 1903."
This is a map of the area surrounding the city of Kerbela, Iraq, shown at a 1:250,000 or 1.014 in. to 4 mi. scale. The map was created for use by Great Britain's War Office.
Purpose
The purpose is to view the map in digital format.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1915
Bounding Box
West
44.000
East
46.000
North
33.000
South
32.000
Theme Keyword
Relief
Transportation
City map
Military
Facilities and Structures
inlandWaters
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
Kerbela
Karbala
Muhafazat Babil
Muhafazat Karbala
Muhafazat Wasit
Iraq
MAX G7431.C2.s250.W3O3 sh40
Place Keyword Thesaurus
None
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
No restriction
Use Restrictions
No restriction
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Princeton University
Contact Telephone
609-258-6804
Contact Electronic Mail Address
shawatw@princeton.edu
Hours of Service
8:45 am - 5:00 pm
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Raster
Raster Object Information
Raster Object Type
Pixel
Row Count
9901
Column Count
15085
Vertical Count
1
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
row and column
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
1.000000
Ordinate Resolution
1.000000
Distribution Information
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20050629
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Princeton University
Contact Person
Tsering Wangyal Shawa
Contact Position
GIS Librarian
Contact Address
City
Princeton
State or Province
NJ
Postal Code
08544
Contact Voice Telephone
609-258-6804
Contact Electronic Mail Address
shawatw@princeton.edu
Hours of Service
8:45 am - 5:00 pm
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
