| Series | Publisher | Scale | Years | Sheets |
| Iraq 1:50,000 Scale Topographic Maps (DMA K743) | Defence Mapping Agency | 1:50,000 | 1979 – 1991 | 34 |
| Iran 1:50,000 Scale Topographic Maps (DMA K753) | Defence Mapping Agency | 1:50,000 | 1976 – 1976 | 2 |
| Iraq 1:100,000 Scale Topographic Maps (DMA K643) | Defence Mapping Agency | 1:100,000 | 1996 – 2002 | 25 |
| Series | Publisher | Scale | Years | Sheets |
| Iraq (and western Iran) 1:1,000,000 Scale Geological Map | Robertson Research International Limited | 1:1,000,000 | 1987 – 1987 | 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 Iraq 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 |
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The national civilian mapping agency in Iraq is the State Establishment for Surveying, with military mapping sponsored by the Military Survey Service of the Iraqi Armed Forces. Until the 1970s mapping continued to be based upon geodetic frameworks established under the Survey of India before World War II. Modern mapping of the country started in the 1950s when systematic aerial surveying of the country was carried out for the first time. 1:250,000 scale coverage was completed in the 1960s, on a Lambert conical conformai projection with sheets each covering 45′ latitude × 30′ longitude. In the 1970s a new triangulation was carried out and subsequent mapping has been based upon the Transverse Mercator projection, Clarke 1880 ellipsoid, with sheet lines divided according to the International system. Polish technical aid in the 1970s resulted in the compilation of new 1:10,000 scale mapping and the production of 1:25,000 scale coverage of desert areas, with about 1,500 completed maps showing relief with 10 m contours. By the time of the Iran─Iraq war there was also complete coverage at 1:50,000 and 1:100,000 scales, as well as larger-scale coverage of Baghdad.
Soviet military topographic mapping of Iraq exists at the following scales: 1:1,000,000 (7 sheets, complete coverage, published 1973-1990); 1:500,000 (17 sheets, complete coverage, published 1973-1989); 1:200,000 (90 sheets, complete coverage, published 1972-1991); 1:100,000 (303 sheets, complete coverage, published 1972-1986); 1:50,000 (129 sheets, northern country coverage, published 1979-2002) and city (1:10,000 to 1:25,000) topographic mapping of 23 major cities from Abadan to Mosul published between 1974 and 1979. These products are available in print, digital raster and digital vector GIS formats from East View Geospatial.
Geological mapping of Iraq was carried out by the Directorate General of Geological Surveys and Mineral Investigation (DGGSMI), including small-scale geological and tectonic mapping published in the 1980s. British consultancy Robertson Research also compiled a 1:1,000,000 scale geological map of the country, derived from satellite imagery and released in 1987.
Western mapping of Iraq includes general coverage published by the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after the Gulf War, including a useful thematic map folio, as well as some thematic coverage from the Tϋbinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients.
Iranian commercial publishers Sahab and Gita Shenasi issue general maps of the country and a town map of Baghdad is compiled by ESR.
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