Survey of India - One-inch and Half-inch to the mile maps, 1916 - 1951

This small set of 140 maps covering part of southern India, have been scanned and georeferenced to support a collaborative academic project, Digital Innovation in Water Scarcity in Coimbatore, India, led by the University of Lancaster. The maps are the standard topographic series maps produced by the Survey of India at the scales of one-inch to the mile (1:63,360) and half-inch to the mile (1:126,720). We are very grateful to the Arts and Humanities Research Council for funding this work.
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Some background information on these and other maps is available in Notes on Survey of India maps : and the modern development of Indian cartography, (PDF; 6.2 Mb) by Lt. Col. W.M. Coldstream, Superintendent, Map Publication, Survey of India, 1919. These notes were compiled during the experimental phase in Survey of India post-Indian Survey Committee 1904-05 map design, and many of the examples, particularly relating to flat-tint layering, were not followed through into the published maps.
The maps below are listed in sheet order by the two scale groups:
Half-inch to the mile maps
Sheet Number and Name | Date of Publication |
No 58 A/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 A/NE, Edition 2 | Published: 1943 (Red road overprint: 1943) |
No 58 A/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 A/NW, Edition 2 | Published: 1943 (Red road overprint: 1943) |
No 58 A/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 A/SE, Edition 2 | Published: 1945 (Red road overprint: 1943) |
No 58 A/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 A/SW, Edition 2 | Published: 1945 (Red road overprint: 1943) |
No 58 B/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 B/NE, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 B/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 B/NW, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 B/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 B/SE, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 B/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 B/SW, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 C/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1917 |
No 58 C/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 C/NW, Edition 2 | Published: 1942 |
No 58 C/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1917 |
No 58 C/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 D/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1919 |
No 58 D/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1917 |
No 58 E/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1925 |
No 58 E/NE, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 E/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1925 |
No 58 E/NW, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 E/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1925 |
No 58 E/SE, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 E/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1925 |
No 58 E/SW, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 F/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1925 |
No 58 F/NE, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 F/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1925 |
No 58 F/NW, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 F/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1926 |
No 58 F/SE, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 F/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1925 |
No 58 F/SW, Edition 2 | Published: 1944 (Red road overprint: 1944) |
No 58 G/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1924 |
No 58 G/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1925 |
No 58 G/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1923 |
No 58 G/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1919 |
No 58 H/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1923 |
No 58 H/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1922 |
No 58 H/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1922 |
No 58 H/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1922 |
No 58 I/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1933 |
No 58 I/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1933 |
No 58 I/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1933 |
No 58 I/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1933 |
No 58 J/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1931 |
No 58 J/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 J/SW, Edition 2 | Published: 1943 |
No 58 J/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 J/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 K/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1925 |
No 58 K/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1924 |
No 58 K/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1924 |
No 58 K/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1924 |
No 58 L/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1923 |
No 58 L/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 M/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1933 |
No 58 M/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1933 |
No 58 M/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1933 |
No 58 M/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1933 |
No 58 N/NW, Edition 2 | Published: 1943 |
No 58 N/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 N/NE, Edition 1 | Published: 1933 |
No 58 N/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 N/SE, Edition 2 | Published: 1943 |
No 58 N/SE, Edition 1 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 O/NW, Edition 1 | Published: 1923 |
No 58 O/SW, Edition 1 | Published: 1922 |
One-inch to the mile maps
Sheet Number and Name | Date of Survey | Date of Publication |
No 58 A/01, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1905-1945 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/02, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1906-1943 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/03, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1907-1943 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/04, Edition 5 | Surveyed: 1940-1941 | Published: 1947 |
No 58 A/05, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1906-1943 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/06, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1906-1943 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/07, Edition 4 | Surveyed: 1906-1943 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/08, Edition 4 | Surveyed: 1907-1943 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/09, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1908-1942 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/10, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1908-1943 | Published: 1944 |
No 58 A/12, Edition 4 | Surveyed: 1908-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/13, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1908-1943 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/14, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1908-1943 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/15, Edition 4 | Surveyed: 1908-1943 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 A/16, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1908-1943 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 B/01, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1909-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 B/02, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1909-1910 | Published: 1912 |
No 58 B/05, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1909-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 B/06, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1909-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 B/07, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1910-1945 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 B/08, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1910-1911 | Published: 1913 |
No 58 B/09, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1909-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 B/11, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1910-1942 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 B/12, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1910-1913 | Published: 1914 |
No 58 B/14, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1909-1910 | Published: 1912 |
No 58 B/14, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1909-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 B/15, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1909-1910 | Published: 1912 |
No 58 B/15, Edition 4 | Surveyed: 1909-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 B/16, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1911-1912 | Published: 1925 |
No 58 C/01 & 05, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1911-1943 | Published: 1943 |
No 58 C/06, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1912-1913 | Published: 1915 |
No 58 C/07, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1913-1914 | Published: 1915 |
No 58 C/08, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1913-1914 | Published: 1915 |
No 58 C/09, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1911-1912 | Published: 1913 |
No 58 C/10, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1912-1913 | Published: 1915 |
No 58 C/11, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1912-1923 | Published: 1923 |
No 58 C/12, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1913-1915 | Published: 1915 |
No 58 C/13, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1911-1912 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 C/14, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1911-1913 | Published: 1915 |
No 58 C/15, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1912-1914 | Published: 1915 |
No 58 C/15, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1912-1914 | Published: 1915 |
No 58 C/16, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1913-1914 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 C/16, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1913-1914 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 D/09, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1914-1915 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 D/10, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1913-1914 | Published: 1915 |
No 58 D/13, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1913-1914 | Published: 1915 |
No 58 D/14, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1914-1930 | Published: 1942 |
No 58 D/15, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1914-1915 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 E/01, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1926-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 E/02, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1926-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 E/03, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1926-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 E/04, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1926-1927 | Published: 1928 |
No 58 E/05, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1926-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 E/06, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1926-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 E/07, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1926-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 E/09, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1926-1948 | Published: 1948 |
No 58 E/10, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1926-1927 | Published: 1928 |
No 58 E/10, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1926-1927 | Published: 1928 |
No 58 F/01, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1944 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 F/02, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1944 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 F/03, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1920-1944 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 F/04, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1920-1921 | Published: 1922 |
No 58 F/05, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1944 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 F/06, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1944 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 F/07, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1920-1944 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 F/09, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1944 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 F/10, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1927-1938 | Published: 1945 |
No 58 F/11, Edition 3 | Surveyed: 1921-1928 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 F/13, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1928 |
No 58 G/03, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1910-1914 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 G/09, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1920-1921 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 G/11, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 G/11, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 G/12, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 G/12, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 G/13, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1920-1921 | Published: 1922 |
No 58 G/16, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 H/02, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1914-1915 | Published: 1917 |
No 58 H/02, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1914-1915 | Published: 1917 |
No 58 H/03, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1914-1915 | Published: 1916 |
No 58 H/04, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1918-1919 | Published: 1919 |
No 58 H/05, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1917-1918 | Published: 1919 |
No 58 H/05, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1917-1918 | Published: 1919 |
No 58 H/07, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1918-1919 | Published: 1920 |
No 58 H/07, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1918-1919 | Published: 1920 |
No 58 H/08, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1918-1919 | Published: 1920 |
No 58 H/09, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 H/09, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 H/10, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1922 |
No 58 H/11, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1918-1919 | Published: 1920 |
No 58 H/12, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1918-1919 | Published: 1920 |
No 58 H/14, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1922 |
No 58 H/16, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1918-1919 | Published: 1920 |
No 58 I/03, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1930-1931 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 I/04, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1930-1931 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 I/11, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1930-1931 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 I/12 Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1930-1931 | Published: 1931 |
No 58 I/15, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1930-1931 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 I/16, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1930-1931 | Published: 1932 |
No 58 J/01, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1928 |
No 58 J/02, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/02, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1928 |
No 58 J/03, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/04, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/05, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/06, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/06, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1928 |
No 58 J/07, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/07, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1928 |
No 58 J/08, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/08, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1927-1928 | Published: 1928 |
No 58 J/011, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1928-1929 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/012, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1928-1929 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/015, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1928-1929 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/016, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1928-1929 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 J/016, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1928-1929 | Published: 1930 |
No 58 K/04, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 K/04, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1922 |
No 58 K/06, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1920-1921 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 K/07, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1922 |
No 58 K/08, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1922 |
No 58 K/11, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 K/12, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 K/15, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1941 |
No 58 K/15, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 K/16, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 L/01 and L/05, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 L/02, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |
No 58 L/03, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1918-1919 | Published: 1920 |
No 58 N/02, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1928-1929 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 N/03, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1928-1929 | Published: 1950 |
No 58 N/04 and N/08, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1928-1929 | Published: 1930 |
No 58 N/07, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1928-1929 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 N/09, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1929-1930 | Published: 1943 |
No 58 N/10, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1929-1930 | Published: 1931 |
No 58 N/14, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1929-1930 | Published: 1946 |
No 58 N/14, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1929-1930 | Published: 1931 |
No 58 O/01 and O/02, Edition 2 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1951 |
No 58 O/03 and O/04, Edition 1 | Surveyed: 1919-1920 | Published: 1921 |