| Series | Publisher | Scale | Years | Sheets |
| EVGmap 100 Eritrea Vector Data | East View Geospatial | 1:100,000 | 2008 – 2008 | 78 |
| Series | Publisher | Scale | Years | Sheets |
| Ethiopia 1:2,000,000 Scale Geological Map | Geological Survey of Ethiopia | 1:2,000,000 | 1996 – 1996 | 1 |
| Series | Publisher | Scale | Years | Sheets |
| The World 1:30,000,000 Scale Topographic Map Series 1145 (NGA) | DMA | 1:30,000,000 | – | 2 |
East View Geospatial has an ongoing effort to add GIS census data to our Global Census Archive program. Please contact us for the status and availability of Eritrea census resources.
| Series | Publisher | Scale | Years | Sheets |
| Soviet Military City Plans | Voenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union) | Varies | 1944 – 2003 | 3017 |
| Soviet Military 1:100,000 Scale Topographic Maps | Voenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union) | 1:100,000 | 1947 – 1999 | 24897 |
| Soviet Military 1:200,000 Scale Topographic Maps | Voenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union) | 1:200,000 | 1949 – 2009 | 17799 |
| Soviet Military 1:500,000 Scale Topographic Maps | Voenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union) | 1:500,000 | 1953 – 1998 | 3093 |
| Series | Publisher | Scale | Years | Sheets |
| NGA Nautical Charts POD Certified (All Scales) | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | Varies | 1943 – 2013 | 4517 |
| Series | Publisher | Scale | Years | Sheets |
| Joint Operations Graphic (JOG) 1:250,000 – Aeronautical | Defence Mapping Agency | 1:250,000 | 1958 – 2007 | 4204 |
| Tactical Pilotage Chart (TPC) 1:500,000 Scale – Aeronautical | Defence Mapping Agency | 1:500,000 | 1967 – 2006 | 598 |
| Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) 1:1,000,000 Scale – Aeronautical | Defence Mapping Agency | 1:1,000,000 | 1969 – 2001 | 243 |
| Jet Navigation Chart (JNC) 1:2,000,000 Scale – Aeronautical | Defence Mapping Agency | 1:2,000,000 | 1971 – 1999 | 117 |
| Global Navigation and Planning Chart (GNC) 1:5,000,000 Scale – Aeronautical | Defence Mapping Agency | 1:5,000,000 | 1981 – 1999 | 27 |
| Series | Publisher | Scale | Years | Sheets |
| Soviet Military 1:1,000,000 Scale Topographic Maps | Voenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union) | 1:1,000,000 | 1948 – 1994 | 1089 |
Note: East View Geospatial is continuously sourcing new resources that may not yet be listed in Global Explorer. Please contact us if you have geodata needs beyond what is listed above and we will be happy to discuss available off-the-shelf and custom solutions.
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Eritrea gained independence in 1993 after 40 years of increasingly bitter civil war with its neighbour Ethiopia and it is still too early for any significant national mapping infrastructure to have developed. The country has appeared on maps published by Ethiopian agencies. Discussions were taking place in 1995 to establish a new national datum, geodetic control network and hydrographic service. A leading influence on these talks was the commercial Marine Engineering Management Offshore Navigation and Surveys in Asmara.
Soviet military topographic mapping remains the best available topographic mapping of Eritrea. It is exists at the following scales: 1:1,000,000 (3 sheets, complete coverage, published 1981-1983); 1:500,000 (8 sheets, complete coverage, published 1980-1981); 1:200,000 (39 sheets, primarily complete coverage, published 1977-1979); 1:100,000 (110 sheets, complete coverage, published 1977-1986) and a city (1:10,000) topographic map of Asmara at published in 1978. These products are available in print, digital raster and digital vector GIS formats from East View Geospatial.
In 1995 the Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse (NGU) signed an agreement with the government of Eritrea to develop a geological survey of the country.
Official plans include the compilation of 1:50,000 and 1:100,000 scale soil mapping of parts of the country, to aid agricultural reconstruction.
The first national small-scale mapping of Eritrea was compiled by the Centre for Development and Environment of the Swiss Institute of Geography University of Berne, whose 1:1,000,000 national map also includes numerous thematic insets showing geology, soils, rainfall, and tourist facilities, as well as a short history of the new country. International Travel Maps (ITM) also issue a general map of Eritrea. Town mapping of Asmara has been compiled by the Italian firm Instituto Grafico Silvio Basile, Genoa, including revised post-independence street names.
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