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Country Profile: São Tomé e Príncipe

Country Resources

Topographic
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Sao Tome And Principe 1:75,000 Scale Topographic MapsCentro De Geografia Do Ultramar1:75,0001961 – 19611
Sao Tome And Principe 1:30,000 Scale Topographic MapsUnknown (Spain)1:30,0001

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 São Tomé e Príncipe 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

São Tomé e Príncipe, two islands off the coast of West Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, have been an independent Republic since 1975. Formerly they were an overseas province of Portugal, and topographic maps were published by the Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, Lisbon. A 1:25,000 scale map was published in 1961─64 in seven sheets, together with a general map at 1:75,000 scale. The projection was Transverse Mercator, International ellipsoid.

The current mapping authority is the Missão Geográfica-Hidrográfica, São Tomé.

Soviet military topographic mapping of São Tome and Príncipe exist at the following scales: 1:1,000,000 (3 sheets, complete coverage, published in 1985); and 1:500,000 (2 sheets, complete coverage, published in 1982). These products are available in print, digital raster and digital vector GIS formats from East View Geospatial.

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Soil

Soil mapping of both islands was undertaken by the Junta de Investigações do Ultramar prior to independence, and two 1:50,000 scale sheets were prepared.

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Tourist/Reference

Small-scale maps have recently been compiled for tourists. These include two maps of the islands and their principal cities by Amaro Guadéncio Mendes Em, and a general 1:100,000 scale map with layer colored relief and legend in four languages by Fernando Lima de Trindade.

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