Territory mapping tool

The Territory Mapping tool presents locations of WOSSAC items using Google Maps - select a country/territory from the drop-down box below the map to zoom to see the results for your area of interest. Note the drop-down box only gives the current names of countries, and names change over time. To see the old and new names we hold, see the country names table below the map. General instructions on using the map search tool are presented below.

Current territory: Tanzania (410 items)

 Blue markers show georeferenced items for which a download is available  Green markers show the location of all other georeferenced items held in WOSSAC

Afghanistan (31 items) Africa (30 items) Albania (4 items) Algeria (163 items) Alpine Europe (1 items) Angola (18 items) Antarctica (1 items) Antigua and Barbuda (11 items) Arab Countries (3 items) Arabian Peninsular (18 items) Argentina (6 items) Aruba (1 items) Ascension Island (1 items) Asia (5 items) Asiatic Russia (1 items) Australasia (1 items) Australia (318 items) Australia; Papua New Guinea (PNG) (3 items) Austria (14 items) Azerbaijan (1 items) Bahamas (16 items) Bahrain (20 items) Bangladesh (88 items) Bangladesh; The Philippines; Thailand (1 items) Barbados (22 items) Belgium (3 items) Belize (71 items) Benin Republic (13 items) Bermuda (2 items) Bhutan (35 items) Bolivia (18 items) Bonaire (6 items) Botswana (180 items) Brazil (79 items) British Isles (4 items) Brunei (15 items) Brunei and Malaysia (1 items) Bulgaria (8 items) Burkina Faso (4 items) Cambodia (2 items) Cambodia:Laos:Thailand (1 items) Cameroon (39 items) Canada (50 items) Canada; Alaska (1 items) Caribbean & Mexico (1 items) Caribbean Region (1 items) Cayman Islands (1 items) Central African Republic (5 items) Central Asia (1 items) Central Europe (1 items) Central and South America (2 items) Chad (14 items) Channel Islands (2 items) Chile (20 items) China (31 items) Christmas Island (4 items) Colombia (18 items) Colombia; Ecuador (1 items) Costa Rica (28 items) Cote d'Ivoire (24 items) Countries of Southeast Asia (1 items) Cuba (1 items) Curacao (8 items) Cyprus (106 items) Czech Republic (4 items) Czech Republic; Slovakia (1 items) Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (31 items) Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda & Burundi (2 items) Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); Rwanda (1 items) Denmark (10 items) Dominica (3 items) Dominican Republic (9 items) East Africa (6 items) East Asia (1 items) Eastern Europe (1 items) Ecuador (5 items) Egypt (69 items) Egypt; Sudan; Israel; Jordan; Iraq; Iran; Saudi Arabia; Yemen; Oman; UAE; Qatar; Bahrain; Kuwait (1 items) El Salvador (6 items) England (UK) (12 items) England and Wales (244 items) Eswatini (72 items) Ethiopia (201 items) Ethiopia; Somalia (1 items) Europe (6 items) Falkland Islands (9 items) Far East (1 items) Fiji (42 items) Finland (7 items) Finland; Sweden (1 items) Former Yugoslavia (1 items) France (21 items) France; Spain (1 items) Gabon (26 items) Gambia (58 items) Georgia (1 items) Germany (29 items) Ghana (219 items) Great Britain (GB) (1 items) Greece (80 items) Greenland (3 items) Grenada (8 items) Guatemala (8 items) Guinea (8 items) Guinea Bissau (1 items) Guyana (42 items) Haiti (6 items) Honduras (11 items) Hong Kong (6 items) Hungary (2 items) Iberian Peninsula (1 items) Iceland (14 items) India (60 items) Indonesia (272 items) Iran (264 items) Iran; Pakistan (1 items) Iraq (65 items) Ireland (15 items) Israel (21 items) Italy (127 items) Italy; Greece; Balkans (2 items) Ivory Coast (24 items) Jamaica (40 items) Japan (15 items) Jordan (20 items) Kenya (477 items) Kiribati (4 items) Kiribati (1 items) Kuwait (86 items) Laos (2 items) Latin America & Caribbean (1 items) Latvia (1 items) Lebanon (6 items) Lesotho (84 items) Liberia (7 items) Libya (342 items) Madagascar (112 items) Malawi (338 items) Malawi and Zimbabwe (1 items) Malawi, Malaysia, Brazil (1 items) Malawi; Mozambique (1 items) Malawi; Zambia; Zimbabwe (1 items) Malaysia (346 items) Maldives (1 items) Mali (7 items) Malta (16 items) Malysia (2 items) Martinique (1 items) Mauritania (9 items) Mauritius (21 items) Mediterranean Region (1 items) Mexico and Central America (1 items) Micronesia (10 items) Mongolia (1 items) Montserrat (5 items) Morocco (204 items) Morocco; Algeria (2 items) Mozambique (76 items) Myanmar (13 items) Namibia (17 items) Nepal (92 items) Netherlands (37 items) Netherlands and Germany (1 items) New Caledonia (1 items) New Guinea and Papua New Guinea (PNG) (1 items) New Zealand (44 items) Nicaragua (34 items) Niger (33 items) Nigeria (470 items) Nigeria, Niger, Chad (1 items) North America (2 items) Northern Europe (2 items) Northern Ireland (24 items) Norway (27 items) Oman (108 items) Oman U.A.E. (123 items) Pacific Countries (1 items) Pacific Islands (1 items) Pakistan (183 items) Palestine (1 items) Panama (9 items) Papua New Guinea (PNG) (140 items) Paraguay (6 items) Peru (26 items) Philippines (239 items) Phillipines (7 items) Phillippines (1 items) Pitcairn (1 items) Portugal (40 items) Puerto Rico (6 items) Qatar (33 items) Red Sea: Egypt; Israel; Jordan; Saudi Arabia (1 items) Republic de Guniee (1 items) Republic of Honduras (3 items) Republic of the Congo (13 items) Reunion Isle (L'Ile de la Reunion) (1 items) Romania (24 items) Russia (12 items) Russian Federation (12 items) Rwanda (5 items) Rwanda; Burundi (1 items) Sahara (1 items) Saint Helena (10 items) Saint Kitts and Nevis (4 items) Saint Lucia (10 items) Saint Vincent (1 items) Samoa (3 items) Saudi Arabia (157 items) Scandinavia (3 items) Scotland (5 items) Scotland (UK) (5 items) Senegal (47 items) Serbia (17 items) Seychelles (51 items) Sierra Leone (136 items) Singapore (1 items) Slovakia (1 items) Solomon Islands (62 items) Somalia (309 items) Somaliland (1 items) South Africa (75 items) South America (5 items) South Asia (1 items) South East Asia (1 items) South Korea (1 items) South Sudan (129 items) South-east Asia (1 items) Southern Africa (4 items) Spain (120 items) Spain; Portugal (1 items) Spain; Portugal; France (1 items) Sri Lanka (91 items) St Kitts (4 items) St Kitts and Nevis (2 items) Sudan (732 items) Sudan and South Sudan (2 items) Suriname (6 items) Sweden (2 items) Sweden; Finland (1 items) Switzerland (1 items) Syria (4 items) Syria; Lebanon (1 items) Taiwan (3 items) Tanzania (410 items) Tchad (5 items) Thailand (242 items) The Philippines (2 items) The Phillippines (1 items) Tonga (2 items) Trinidad and Tobago (39 items) Tunisia (7 items) Turkey (14 items) Turkmenistan (1 items) UK (3 items) USA (1 items) Uganda (234 items) Ukraine (1 items) United Arab Emirates (UAE) (76 items) United Kingdom (UK) (37 items) United Kingdom (UK); Ireland (1 items) United States of A (1 items) United States of America (USA) (273 items) Uzbekistan (2 items) Vanuatu (28 items) Venezuela (13 items) Vietnam (12 items) Wales (UK) (1 items) West Africa (3 items) West Indies (1 items) Western Samoa (3 items) World (5 items) Yemen (370 items) Yemen; Saudi Arabia; Ethiopia; Somalia (1 items) Zambia (242 items) Zimbabwe (81 items) Zimbabwe and Malawi (2 items) Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi (12 items) Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi (1 items) Zimbabwe; Tanzania (2 items) Show only those items having scanned downloads Show item identifier labels next to markers

Note, the country or territory names shown in the drop down box above are the current names, rather than those which were used at the time of the original survey. The table below shows the original country names recorded in the catalogue as well as the current name.

Country / Territory name today	Country / Territory name when published
Afghanistan	Afghanistan
Angola	Republica Portuguesa - Provincia de Angola
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua
Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago	West Indies
Aruba	The Netherlands Antilles
Australia	Christmas Island
Australia	Gilbert and Ellice islands
Bangladesh	East Pakistan
Bangladesh	Pakistan
Bangladesh; The Philippines; Thailand	East Pakistan, The Philippines, Thailand
Belize	British Honduras
Benin Republic	Dahomey
Bonaire	The Netherlands Antilles
Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Macedonia; Montenegro; Serbia; Slovenia; Kosovo	Yugoslavia
Botswana	Bechuanaland
Botswana	Eastern Bechuanaland
Botswana	Northern Bechuanaland
Botswana	Western Bechuanaland
Brunei	Borneo
Brunei	British Borneo
Burkina Faso	Faso
Burkina Faso	Haute - Volta
Burkina Faso	Upper Volta
Cambodia	Indochina
Cameroon	Cameroun
Cameroon	Cameroun Republic
Chagos Islands	British Indian Ocean Territory
Christmas Island	Christmas Island
Coe De Ivoire	Ivory Coast
Cote d'Ivoire	Ivory Coast
Cote de Ivoire	Ivory Coast
Curacao	Netherlands Antilles
Curacao	The Netherlands Antilles
Czech Republic	Czechoslavakia
Czech Republic	Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic; Slovakia	Czechoslovakia
DRC	Zaire
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)	Belgian Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)	Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)	Congo Belge (Zaire)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)	Zaire
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda & Burundi	Belgian Congo, Rwanda & Urundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); Rwanda	Congo Belge et Ruanda-Urundi
Dominican Republic	Republic of Dominicana
Egypt	Arab Republic of Egypt
Egypt	United Arab Republic
Egypt	United Arab Republic (U.A.R.)
England (UK)	England
Eswatini	Kingdom of Swaziland
Eswatini	Swaziland
Eswatini	Swaziland
Ethiopia	Abyssinia
Ethiopia	Ehiopia
Ethiopia	Etiopia
Ethiopia	Tigrai
Former Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia
Gambia	The Gambia Protectorate
Ghana	Gold Coast
Ghana	Togoland
Guiana	British Guyana
Guinea	Guinea
Guinea	Guinee
Guinea	Guinée
Guyana	British Guiana
Indonesia	Bali
Indonesia	Dutch East Indies
Indonesia	Dutch Indies
Indonesia	East Java
Indonesia	New Guinea
Indonesia	West Timor
Islands of the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago	West Indies
Israel; Palestine	Palestine
Jordan	The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
KENYA	Kenya
Kiribati	Christmas Island
Kiribati	Christmas Island
Kiribati	Ocean Island
Latvia	Latvia (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - USSR)
Lesotho	Basutoland
Lesotho	Basutoland
Madagascar	Malagasy Republic
Malasia	Malaya
Malawi	Nyasaland
Malawi	Nyasaland
Malawi	Protectorate of Nyasaland
Malawi	Nyasaland
Malawi and Zimbabwe	Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Malawi, Malaysia, Brazil	Malawi, Malaya, Brazil
Malawi; Zambia; Zimbabwe	Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Malaysia	Brunei
Malaysia	Malaya
Malaysia	Sabah
Malaysia	Sarawak
Mauritius	BIOT
Morocco	French Protectorate of Morocco
Mozambique	One Province of Mozambique- centred on the Zambeze river
Myanmar	Burma
Netherlands	Holland
New Guinea and Papua New Guinea (PNG)	New Guinea
Niger	Dahomey
Niger	Kingdom of Dahomey
Nigeria	Federal Militar Government of Nigeria
Nigeria	NIgeria
Oman	Arabia
Pakistan	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Pakistan	West Pakistan
Palestine	Palestinian Autonomous Areas
Papua New Guinea (PNG)	New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG)	Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG)	Papua and New Guinea
Philippines	Republic of The Philippines
Republic de Guniee	Republic de Guinee
Republic of the Congo	Congo
Republic of the Congo	People 's Republic of the Congo
Reunion Isle (L'Ile de la Reunion)	Bourbon
Russia	Soviet Union (USSR)
Russia	USSR
Russian Federation	USSR
Rwanda	Ruanda
Rwanda; Burundi	Ruanda; Urundi
Samoa	American Samoa
Samoa	Western Samoa
Saudi Arabia	Qatar
Saudi Arabia	South Arabia
Scotland	Scotland
Serbia	Yugoslavia
Sierra Leone	Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands	British Solomon Islands Protectorate
Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands (British Solomon Islands Protectorate)
Somalia	British Somaliland
Somalia	Democratic Republic of Somalia
Somalia	Soma;ia
Somalia	Somali Democratic Republic
Somalia	Somaliland
Somaliland	Somaliland Protectorate
South Africa	KwaZulu
South Africa	Natal
South Africa	Southern Africa
South Africa	Union of South Africa
South Korea	Korea
South Sudan	Democratic Republic of Sudan
South Sudan	Sudan
South Sudan	The Democratic Republic of The Sudan
Southern Africa	South Africa, Kingdom of Swaziland, Kingdom of Lesotho
Sri Lanka	Ceylon
Sri Lanka	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
Sudan	Democratic Republic of Sudan
Sudan	Sudan
Sudan and South Sudan	Sudan
Sudan and South Sudan	Sudan
Tanzania	Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Tanzania	Tanganika
Tanzania	Tanganyika
Tanzania	Tanganyika
Tanzania	Zanzibar
Tchad	Chad
Thailand	Indochina
Thailand	Siam
The Phillippines	The Philippines
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad
USA	Hawaii
Uganda	Buganda
Uganda	Kingdom of Buganda
Uganda	Uganda Protectorate
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Trucial States
United States of America (USA)	Hawaii
Uzbekistan	USSR
Vanuatu	Archipel Des Nouvelles Hebrides
Vanuatu	New Hebrides
Vietnam	South Vietnam
West Africa	Nigeria, Benin, Togo & Ghana
Yemen	Aden Protectorate
Yemen	People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY)
Yemen	Sanaa; Yemen
Yemen	South Arabia
Yemen	South Yemen
Yemen	Yemen Arab Republic
Zambia	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Zambia	Northern Rhodesia
Zambia	Rhodesia
Zambia	Zambia
Zambia	Northern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe	Rhodesia
Zimbabwe	Rhodesia
Zimbabwe	Southern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe and Malawi	Rhodesian Federation
Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi	Northern & Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi	Rhodesia and Nyasaland
eSwatini	Swaziland

Note, country names may have changed since the survey - sort the columns and use search options to see the historic and current names. Both names are recorded for each item in the catalogue if you click through to the details page for each item following a search.

 General instructions

Instructions for searching the maps held in the archive

Click on a name from the dropdown list above to see and select from the set of georeferenced items, using the current country/territory name. Note that items may relate to regions as well as countries, and note also that items may be filed under several names (e.g. England, England Wales and Scotland, UK, U,K., GB etc.). Note also that only those items having recorded coordinates are displayed, and many items held do not have coordinates held - so the full catalogue will most likely hold more items for this territory.

Maps are denoted with a pin symbol representing the lower left (South West) corner recorded. 'Hover' the mouse over the symbol to see the full bounding box of the map extent, and a tooltip showing the item identifier number. As maps are often geolocated coincidently, a 'clustering' tool gathers multiple maps together as the map is zoomed out to avoid onscreen clutter, and clusters resolve to multiple points as the map is zoomed in. Top right on the map is a button to make the map full-screen.

The item markers show the location of georeferenced Wossac records, presented dynamically from the catalogue.  Blue markers show georeferenced items for which a download is available and  Green markers show the location of all other georeferenced items held in WOSSAC. Click on items to see the record details, with a link to the full record. If shown, the symbol indicates a download is available for this item. You can tick the checkbox to show on-screen only those items that have been scanned and which can be downloaded. A second checkbox displayes item identifier labels on the map.

Mapping shown is restricted to one country at a time so as to keep your access times reasonable. Please note, the scale of mapping and transfer of coordinates from the original maps may result in some misalignments and displacement of the pin markers and are therefore approximate only. Please check the coordinates on the original map to verify exact locations. Let us know about any errors you encounter.

The map can be switched between the default 'map' view and one with 'satellite' imagery. Hovering the mouse over these labels further allows 'terrain' and 'labels' to be toggled on and off. The icon in the top right corner allows switching to full screen mapping if required (switch back to select countries from the dropdown below the map). To see photos of areas near points of interest, it may also be useful to drag the Streetview 'pegman' figure onto the map, dropping it onto any valid points shown on the map in blue (e.g. roads and specific points). Exit Streetview back to the map via the back arrow in top left corner.

A small 'cross hairs' reticle is placed in the centre of the map for reference. In the top left corner above the map is a read out of the lat and lon (and zoom level) of the centrepoint of the current view map.