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Country Profile: Virgin Islands, British

Country Resources

Topographic
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
British Virgin Islands 1:25,000 Scale Topographic Maps (E837 / DOS 346)Directorate of Overseas Surveys1:25,0001959 – 19606

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 British Virgin Islands 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 British Virgin Islands are a British colony with internal self-government. They have been mapped by the British Directorate of Overseas Surveys (now Ordnance Survey International (OSI)). Some early mapping was done in the late 1940s using USAAF photography, but the principal series at 1:25,000 scale (DOS 346) was compiled in 1959 using 1953 air photography, and was published in 1960. The current sheets in this series are in their third or fifth editions, having been revised from 1981 photography, from incomplete 1:2,500 scale mapping and from field compilations. Sheet 6 Anegada, a low-lying coralline island, is a color photomap published in 1977; the other five sheets are conventional five-color line maps all published in 1984. They have 25 ft contours, UTM grid, and the projection is Transverse Mercator, Clarke 1866 ellipsoid.

In 1982, a derived tourist map of the whole island group was published at a scale of 1:63,360 (DOS 446), superseding an earlier general map at 1:100,000 scale. This map has 250 ft contours and the relief is enhanced with layer tints and hill shading. There is an alphanumeric grid based on the UTM, and an inset map of Road Town. A new edition was published in 1991.

1:2,500 scale maps covering Tortola, Virgin Gorda and part of Jost Van Dyke (DOS 046) were published between 1972 and 1986.

Soviet military topographic mapping of the British Virgin Islands is available at the following scales: 1:1,000,000 (1 sheet, complete coverage, published in 1966); 1:500,000 (1 sheet, complete coverage, published in 1979) and 1:200,000 (2 sheets, complete coverage, published 1966-1967). These products are available in print, digital raster and digital vector GIS formats from East View Geospatial.


Tourist/Reference

Commercially produced tourist maps are published Berndtson and Berndtson (B&B), International Travel Maps (ITM) and Cartographers Ltd.

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