27-9-1998

1.      General set-up

A map number always has six digits. It is composed of four parts:

1.      The area code

2.      The category number

3.      The subcategory number

4.      The serial number

The subcategory number is optional, all other parts are obligatory.

1.1. The area code

An area is a country, a group of countries that have a special relationship, a continent or the whole world.

Area codes are usually derived from telephone country codes or parts thereof, e.g. the first digit that is common to all country codes in the region in question.

1.2. The category number

The following categories exist:

0                    Complete area

1                    Parts (general)

2                    Parts (in series)

3-6              Topographical maps

7                    Cities and towns

70                Cities and towns series

71-79  Cities and towns derived from telephone area codes if avaiable

8                    Thematic maps

80                Road construction, road numbering and road maintenance

81                Railways

82                Postal codes

83                Telephone area codes

84                Administrative division

85                Technology

86                Historical

87                Public transport

88                Special maps, curiosities

9                    Reserved

1.3. The subcategory number

These are dependent on areas. Sometimes a subdivision according to languages, land of origin or publisher is used, which is more or less standardized as follows:

0                    American English

1                    English

2                    ANWB

3                    Dutch

4                    German

5                    French, not Michelin

6                    Michelin

7                    Russian

8                    Swiss

In countries whose national language is not mentioned in the list above, 0 is used for the national language and for internally published maps and 1 is used for English in general.

1.4. The serial number

The serial number is based either on the actual number the publisher uses or on the year of publication, whether known or estimated.

2.      Examples

2.1.  Stadtatlas München: 497089

Area 49 (Germany), 70 for the series of city atlasses, 89 is the area code of München (this is a serial number).

2.2.  DeLorme atlas Maine: 121231

Area 1 (United States of America), 2 for parts (series), 1 for DeLorme atlasses, 23 for Maine (the FIPS code) and 1 for the first edition in the collection.

2.3.  Ravenstein Strassen 1997: 490197

Area 49 (Germany), 0 for the whole country, 1 for Ravenstein, 97 for the year 1997

This atlas contains maps of Switzerland, but because the main part is Germany, it has a German number.

2.4.  Malawi: 265089

Area 265 (Malawi), 0 for the whole country and 89 for 1989. There is no subcategory number.

3.      Criterion for inclusion in the list

There is no distinction between actual maps and maps in brochures, booklets etc.

Whenever a book contains sufficiently interesting maps, it is included.

4.      List of (sub)categories

The following list does not contain (sub)categories that can be derived from the rules above (e.g. Hungarian city maps in have number 367 because 36 is the country code of Hungary).

0                    More than one country

00                The whole world

000     Globe

001     World maps

002     World atlases

005                 Hotel guides

           0051    Ramada

006                 Diaries

007                 Airline route maps

00731 KLM

00733 Air France

00735 Finnair

00741 Swissair

00749 Lufthansa

00782 Korean Airlines

00796 Saudia

            0[0-9]  Other maps of more than one country, other than where one country is

                        clearly the most important

01                North America

0101   National Geographic

0102   Rand McNally

0103   AAA

02                Africa

0211   Northwest

0215   East

0217   South

03                Europe

0302   Road atlases

0305   Shell atlases

0310   Large areas

0311   Benelux

03130 Greece and Turkey

03133 France and Belgium

03134 Iberian peninsula

03137 Baltic States

03138 Yugoslavia and surrounding area

03139 Mediterranean

03140 Romania and Bulgaria

03141 Alps

03143 Switzerland and Austria

03144 British Isles

0316   Scandinavia

0317   Eastern Europe

0319   Germany and surrounding area

04                Central America

041     Caribbean

045     Central America

05                South America

08                Asia

0816   Thailand and surrounding area

0818   Indochina

0819   Middle East and South Asia

10        Canada

1010        East

1011        Central

1012        West

1013        Newfoundland

1014        New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island

1015        Québec

1016        Ontario

1017        Manitoba/Saskatchewan

1018        British Columbia/Alberta

1019        Northwest Territories/Yukon Territories

1020        The Making of Canada

1                    United States of America

1100        Whole

11..      Parts are derived from the FIPS code of the states.

            Maps comprising several states are numbered using the most important

            state.

121            DeLorme atlases

123      National Geographic

1238   The Making of America

            1251    Standard Oil

            126      Michelin

20                Egypt

212            Morocco

216            Tunisia

218      Libya

228      Togo

243      Republic of Congo

244      Angola

246      Barbados

249      Sudan

264      Namibia

265            Malawi

266            Lesotho

27                South Africa

30                Greece

31                Netherlands

3120    ANWB 1:100000 old style

3121-3            ANWB 1:100000 new style

3124    ANWB 1:200000

313            Topographical maps, 4th and 5th digits are official number

1:50000, serial numbers:

0                    West or not divided into west and east

1                    East

1:25000, serial numbers:

2=A, 3=B, …, 9=H

(some exceptions for old maps)

            31366  copies

            31465  Topographical maps 1:10000

316            Military editions of topographical maps, further subdivision as 313

3170        Amsterdam

31800  Provinciale planwegen

32                Belgium

33                France

3320        IGN 1:100000 (Serie Verte)

34                Spain

3424        Michelin 1:400000

351            Portugal

352            Luxembourg

353            Ireland

357            Cyprus

358            Finland

36        Hungary

380      Ukraine

381            Yugoslavia (3810 contains maps of all former Yugoslavia)

385            Croatia

386            Slovenia

39                Italy

3924        Michelin 1:400000

41        Switzerland

4120        Migros

41241-4          Generalkarten old style

41245  Generalkarten new style

420            Czech Republic (4200 contains maps of former Czechoslovakia)

421            Slovakia

43                Austria

4320        Freytag&Berndt

4324        Generalkarten

44                Great Britain

4405        Ordnance Survey

4406        Collins/Geographia/Bartholomew

4407        Philip

4410        England

4411        Southeast England

4412        Southwest England

4413        Central England

4414        Wales

4415        Northeast England

4416        Northwest England

4417        Scotland

4418        Northern Ireland

4419        Islands

447            The 1 at the beginning of the area code is omitted

4470        Ordnance Survey Street Atlases

44774-9          London

45                Denmark

46                Sweden

47                Norway

48                Poland

49                Germany

4901        Ravenstein Strassen

4902        Atlases (German)

4903        Maps (German)

4911        Larger areas North

4912        Nordrhein-Westfalen

4913        East

4914        North

4915        Niedersachsen

4916        Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz

4917        Baden-Württemberg

4918        Bayern

4919        Larger areas South

4920-2  Generalkarten old style

4923        Generalkarten new style

4924        Ravenstein

4929        Military topographical maps and copies

4930        Special topographical maps

4931        Topographical maps 1:100000

493-6      Topographical maps 1:50000: the last 4 digits are the official number

4968        Special editions Landesvermessungsamt Baden-Württemberg

52                Mexico

53                Cuba

54                Argentina

55                Brazil

57        Colombia

595            Paraguay

61                Australia

62                Indonesia

63                Philippines

64                New Zealand

66        Thailand

7                    Former Soviet Union, including all Russian topographical maps

7010    National Geographic

7027        Atlas avtomobilnyx dorog GUGK

7028        Other atlases GUGK

7100        Bartholomew

7102    VTU

7104        Karta

7106    Temp

7108        UIR

731            GUGK 1:1000000

73-4          Generalnyj stab 1:500000

73ABCD = 15-00-AB-CD

74ABCD = 15-01-AB-CD

75        GUGK 1:500000

                        752ABX = L-AB-X

                        754ABX = N-AB-X

                        755ABX = O-AB-X

                        756ABX = P-AB-X

                        where A and B are digits and X=1 means A, X=2 means B,

                        X=3 means V and X=4 means G

            76        GUGK 1:200000

7609        Podmoskov’e

7610        Oblast atlases

7615        Surroundings of cities

764-8      Regular sheets

769      GUGK 1:150000

            76900  Saratov and surroundings

            76901  Volgograd and surroundings

            76902  Volga delta

            76903-5          Various

7709        Moskva

7781        Sankt-Peterburg

81                Japan

82                South Korea

86                China

875            Arctic

876            Antarctic

90        Turkey

            90721  Istanbul

965            Kuwayt

966            Saudi Arabia

967            Yemen

968            Oman

972      Israel