Country Profile: Macau

Country Resources


Geoscientific
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
China 1:2,500,000 Scale Quaternary Geological Map (9 sheets)Dizhi Chubanshe / Geological Publishing House1:2,500,0001990 – 19901
China 1:4,000,000 Scale Geological Map (2 sheets)Dizhi Chubanshe / Geological Publishing House1:4,000,0001977 – 19771
China 1:5,000,000 Scale Metallic Resources MapDizhi Chubanshe / Geological Publishing House1:5,000,0001992 – 19921
China 1:5,000,000 Scale Mineral Resources MapDizhi Chubanshe / Geological Publishing House1:5,000,0001992 – 19921
China 1:5,000,000 Scale Nonmetallic Resources MapDizhi Chubanshe / Geological Publishing House1:5,000,0001992 – 19921

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 Macau 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

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.


Historical Country Mapping Information

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Topographic

Mapping of the very densely populated Portuguese overseas territory of Macau, near to Hong Kong, is the responsibility of Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro (DSCC). It was established as an independent cartographic mission in 1975, with technical support from Portugal. Portuguese agencies such as Instituto de Investigação Cientifica Tropical (IICT) have continued to play an important role in the establishment of what is now one of the most detailed and current map bases in the world.

DSCC carries out topographic, geodetic and cadastral surveying and completed the large-scale base mapping of the territory in 1984. Hard copy and digital maps are on the UTM projection, International ellipsoid and are regularly revised to cover the peninsula of Macau and the islands of Taipa and Coloane at a number of different scales. Large scale planimetric coverage at 1:1,000 (125 sheets) and 1:2,000 (89 sheets) is a digital product maintained and regularly updated on an Intergraph system. Cadastral data relating to land parcels are held in one database, a second layered graphical database holds topo-cartographic data. Smaller scales are derived from this database, and updated from recently flown aerial coverage, including three-sheet 1:5,000 and 1:10,000 scale coverage, and single-sheet maps and data at 1:20,000 and 1:50,000 scales. 1:10,000 scale administrative coverage is also available. Hard copy map sheets are available as black and white plots on paper, as colour electrostatic plots or on transparencies. Digital mapping is available on CD-ROM in DWG or DGN format.

Soviet military topographic mapping of Macau exists at the following scales: 1:1,000,000 (1 sheet, complete coverage, published in 1985); 1:500,000 (1 sheet, complete coverage, published in 1983); 1:200,000 (1 sheet, complete coverage, published in 1980); 1:100,000 (1 sheet, complete coverage, published in 1978) and a city (1:10,000) topographic map of Aomen (Macau) published in 1977. These products are available in print, digital raster and digital vector GIS formats from East View Geospatial.

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Nautical

Hydrographic charting of waters around Macau is published by the Portuguese Institute Hydrográfico (IHP) in Lisbon.

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Geological/Scientific

A three-sheet 1:5,000 scale geological map of Macau was recently published by the Portuguese geological mapping agency Institute Geológico e Mineiro (IGMP).

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Tourist/Reference

Many of the smaller scale maps of the Hong Kong area also cover Macau, and a tourist town map is available from the Macau Government Tourist Office (Direcção dos Serviços de Tourisme da Macao (DSTM)). A commercially published town map was recently released by Berndtson & Berndtson (B&B).

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