McAuliffe Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 For map makers, that still are interested in good coverage of the Ardennes region (Battle of the Bulge), the Walloon government has opened recently a site, where you can consult orthographic imagery at high resolution: Carte dynamique You can combine these resources with the modern topographic maps, at : Site de Cartographie Détaillée et Interactive The latter site is only navigable with IE or Netscape. Actually, it's a NATURA2000 site, showing the protected environment, but by selecting - and confirming - the right layers, you can address only the topomap background. The 1:10,000 maps are in B&W. If you want color, you should select simultaneously the 1:50,000 layer, less detailed though. You can find also scanned vintage 1:20,000 (color) topomaps of the Walloon region at: Le patrimoine cartographique de Wallonie You will need to download some plug-ins like "DjVu" or "Expressview", but once you're able to view, you have access to some remarkable topomaps, dating back to the 19th. century, 1910s, 1920s or 1930s, which are of course, an excellent resource in order to abstract 1940-44 scenery. Above sites are all in the language of Molière, but for those that have some experience with GIS sites of other countries, it's pretty self explanatory. Enjoy. [ July 02, 2006, 04:12 AM: Message edited by: McAuliffe ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simovitch Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 This is an awesome tool - thanks McAuliffe! I always wanted to see Dom Butgenbach from above. Peeking over that damn 12' wood fence was always a chore... The circular roudabout at the bottom right is the memorial to the 1st Infantry Division that fought here during the Battle of the Bulge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Excellent! Now go find me the same one for Normandy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McAuliffe Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 Originally posted by simovitch: This is an awesome tool - thanks McAuliffe! I always wanted to see Dom Butgenbach from above. Peeking over that damn 12' wood fence was always a chore... Did you ever had a look at the pages of this guy? Dom Butgenbach Also some more pictures of the memorial for the big red one: memorial 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simovitch Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Yes, The website author Hans Wiijers and I have corresponded back and forth quite a few times. We tried to hook up during the 60th anniversary but we kept missing each other. He knows alot of veterans on both sides and his books have a wealth of information that you would not find anywhere else in the common publications, and are a must-have for the Ardennes enthusiast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McAuliffe Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 Originally posted by Kingfish: Excellent! Now go find me the same one for Normandy Finally, the French jumped in and created a portal site covering most of France with ortho-imagery at high resolution: Géoportail Apparently, you can also call up the digital elevation model for same region, you have selected. Still have to figure out, how you can translate it in a DEM, that you can use in Mapping Mission, but if that would work out, you can create Normandy campaigns in no time. Also found this neat German site, giving full aerial coverage down to 1:3,000: Deutscher Stadtplandienst 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdenka Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 top marks sir,that Geoportal is absolutely fantastic ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Brilliant! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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