[TZGISUG] TANZANIA scanned maps and reports- World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue (WOSSAC)

[Mike Shand]

Dear All,

Just come across a fascinating archive of downloadable maps and reports 
for Tanzania from the World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue (WOSSAC 
<http://www.wossac.com/index.cfm>) that may be of interest to some.

*To find what is there just do a separate SEARCH for Tanzania, 
Tanganyika or maybe just your area of interest if you are lucky.*

The search will find Scanned Soil and Land Use maps, reports and surveys 
for Tanzania with scanning and digital capture of the material, 
comprised 215 maps and 180 reports. Most of it seems to be pre-2000 
including some of the 1996 Huntings Land Cover & Land Use 1:250,000 
maps, national atlas sheets etc  - scanning is at 400dpi some maps are 
geo-referencing (1996 Hunting maps) some maps are not.

A useful overview of the material can be found here: 
http://www.wossac.com/archive/overview_tanzania.cfm

I haven't checked yet but some of the maps, but not the reports, may 
have already appeared on the Eurosoils website which also has a huge 
scanned archive:
http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/EuDASM/africa/lists/ctz.htm

Regards,
Mike
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