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Country Profile: American Samoa

Country Resources

Topographic
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
American Samoa 1:12,000 Scale Topographic MapsUnited States Geological Survey1:12,0001962 – 19622
American Samoa 1:24,000 Scale Topographic MapsUnited States Geological Survey1:24,0002001 – 20014

Thematic
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
The World 1:30,000,000 Scale Topographic Map Series 1145 (NGA)DMA1:30,000,0002

Global Census Archive: GIS Census Data

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 American Samoa census resources.


Global Resources

Topographic
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Soviet Military City PlansVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)Varies1944 – 20033017
Soviet Military 1:100,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:100,0001947 – 199924897
Soviet Military 1:200,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:200,0001949 – 200917799
Soviet Military 1:500,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:500,0001953 – 19983093

Nautical
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
NGA Nautical Charts POD Certified (All Scales)National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyVaries1943 – 20134517

Aeronautical
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Joint Operations Graphic (JOG) 1:250,000 – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:250,0001958 – 20074204
Tactical Pilotage Chart (TPC) 1:500,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:500,0001967 – 2006598
Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) 1:1,000,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:1,000,0001969 – 2001243
Jet Navigation Chart (JNC) 1:2,000,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:2,000,0001971 – 1999117
Global Navigation and Planning Chart (GNC) 1:5,000,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:5,000,0001981 – 199927

Geoscientific
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Soviet Military 1:1,000,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:1,000,0001948 – 19941089

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Historical Country Mapping Information

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Topographic

The United States territory of American Samoa is mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). 1:24,000 scale four-color topographic coverage of Tutuila and the Manu’a Islands was first compiled from aerial coverage flown in 1961 and published in 1963 on a polyconic projection.  A revised version for Tutuila was issued in 1989, on the Universal Transverse Mercator projection, International ellipsoid, with relief shown by 40 m contours. 1:12,000 scale monochrome maps of Manu’a and Ta’u were revised to 1989 and by the Department of Public Works in Pago Pago.

Soviet military topographic mapping of American Samoa is available at the following scale: 1:1,000,000 (3 sheets, complete coverage, published in 1965).  This product is available in print, digital raster and digital vector GIS formats from East View Geospatial.

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Soil

Soil mapping of the islands was carried out in the early 1980’s by the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, (now Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)).

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Thematic

A bathymetric chart of Tutuila was published in 1988 by the Geological Society of America (GSA), and the islands also appear on charts published by the National Ocean Service (NOS). Smaller-scale bathymetric coverage is maintained by the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) in its EEZ Series of charts.

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Tourist/Reference

The University of Hawai’i Press maintains a general tourist map covering both Western Samoa and American Samoa, printed in three-colors, showing relief with hill-shading and includes town maps of Apia and Pago Pago. Comparable mapping is also issued by the Australian commercial publishers Universal.

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