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Gujerat, Sheet No.80 : Parts of the Ahmedabad district, and of Kattywar (Season 1873-74)

Resource Type : Map
Year/Date of Publication : 1878
Subject : Topographic Map
Publisher : Dehradun G.T.S. Office 1878
Place of Publication : Dehradun
Language : English
Notes/Description : Orthography is in accordance with the orders of the Government of India, dated 3rd September 1875. Conventional Signs. Trigonometrical Stations ▲ Intersected☉ points and traverse stations ○ Tallukas or state boundaries ~~ Approximate Boundaries …… Sub Tallukas Boundaries - - - Village boundaries ╌╌╌╌ metalled roads with milestones 4/25 3/26. The milestones are numbered successively either from a town in the map or from the place named in the margin where the road leaves the map. Irrigation department bench-marks furnished by the executive engineer for irrigation thus ☉ B.M. 52.9, G.T. Survey spirit levels, thus ⊡ B.M. 123.45. Fair weather roads ———— country roads ～～～ foot paths - - - - - cultivation, blank. Edge of cultivation ‥‥‥ Waste Lands ⁂⁂ Grass preserve ⁂⁂ Salt Waste ⑆⑆⑆⑆ Pahlias or In memoriam stones † A Hamlet called either a para or a muara P., M.. Heights above mean sea level determined trigonometrically represented, thus 100. Relative heights in feet mile-posts on the railways are numbered successively either from Bombay or from Miagam Railway Station. The linear values are derived from the measured length of the Sironj base assumed as log. feet 4.5844824, through the Karachi Longitudinal Series. The latitudes from that of kalianpur, assumed as 24° 7' 11.2, through the karachi longitudinal series. The longitudes are referrible to the old value of the madras observatory, 80° 17' 21, to which a correction of - 3' 1 is required to reduce to the most recent value, viz : 80° 14' 20, vide nautical almanac for the current year. The trigonometrical heights are referrible to mean sea level at Okha Tidal Station on the Gulf of Cutch. Index to the adjoining sheets
Pages/Folios : 1
Identifier : MAP_0282A
Digitization Sponsor : Government of Maharashtra
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