OpenStreetMap
OVERVIEW
I stumbled across a website which hosts every single Soviet military map 1:200k from 1985.
I plan to analyze each quadrant starting from the top left corner to the western side of russia, and map any unmapped settlements, buildings or other features.
I will update the post as time goes on, this is a VERY-long-term project.
QUADRANTS
CURRENTLY W.I.P.
- R60-05 to R6-35
PROGRESS SO FAR
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R60-05 (~80%)
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R60-11 (~30%)
STATS
Day 1
Changes - 167
Changes/day -167
Changesets - 2
Changesets/day - 2
Changes/changeset - 83,5
Quadrants - 1,1/3520 (3,13%)
Quadrants/day - 1,1
Km^2 - 2955.04/17 100 000 (0.017%)
DIARY
DAY 1
Added all the peaks, ridges, survey points which were on land in quadrants R60-05 and R60-011. Added capes, fixed lake names and added missing homes (how anyone can live there is beyond me). Tommorrow I will focus on adding rivers, the survey points along the rivers, adding the singular road and the rest of the capes
Discussion
Comment from TrickyFoxy on 8 June 2025 at 10:17
First, have you studied the license of these maps?
Secondly, these maps are outdated. There is an up-to-date official source for geographical names. Only, please, without automatic import.
https://github.com/Miroff/gcgn-converter/releases
Comment from laambda19 on 8 June 2025 at 11:32
@TrickyFoxy Thank you for the info! I checked the changes I’ve made so far against the GCGN to make sure it’s correct.
I planned to use the maps not to copy the information directly from them, but use them as a source to find for example unmapped rivers or settlements. I will check the names for those features in the GCGN from now on.
I understand the map is 40 years old and many of the things can be outdated, that’s why I check with Google Earth/Satellite Imagery/and now GCGN before adding anything.