Ghana Map by ITMB [Map]

International Travel Maps (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2001

Scale 1:750,000. With inset maps of Cape Coast; Accra. Printed on one side.

Map of the country with topographical contours; elevations indicated by color changes.

Legend locates international and district boundaries; settlements from major cities to villages; roads (with approximate distances in kilometers) from primary paved roads to tracks and trails; ferries; railroads; bus stations; national parks and reserves; airports and airfields. Post offices; medical facilities; castles; ruins; other points of interest; information centers; mines; campsites and huts; other lodging; churches and mosques.

With index of place names. Numerous brief descriptions of specific points of interest; overview of national parks and natural resources; geographic and historic information.

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About the Author

ITMB Publishing (International Travel Maps and Books) of Vancouver, Canada, has published detailed reference and travel maps of countries, regions, and cities around the world since 1985. The company's titles include many that are unique or the first of their kind, including the first commercially available travel map of South America.

Product Details

• Map: 1 pages
• Publisher: Itmb Publishing Ltd (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1553412230
• ISBN-13: 978-1553412236
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,753,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice map, with a couple of shortcomings, April 27, 2006

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S. C. Smith (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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Easily readable large-scale map of Ghana. One side depicts the southern half of the country, the other side the north. I can't vouch for the entire map, but the areas I've visited appear to be accurately depicted. It could be improved on two points: First the ancient historic mosques (e.g.; the famous one in Larabanga) are not marked, either as historic sites or as mosques. Furthermore, this the first map I've ever seen that lacks any mileage information, either using a scale of miles, or by noting distances between points. But since it's marked as 1:500000 scale, the math works out to 1cm = 5km. Handy to know that.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not rely on this map!, October 17, 2009

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Detmar Schnitker "Maine Traveler" (New Harbor Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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Apparently this is the only road map of Ghana commercially available. During four weeks of travel in Ghana I found this map to be full of horrendous errors, some gross ones, others in small detail.
Major roads are simply not shown on this map, such as perfectly good roads leading to Ada Foah, or there are roads shown that do not exist in reality. I came to several towns of very significant size that were barely a dot on the map.
I have the impression that this map is essentially based on maps drawn during colonial times in the 1920's.
The only useful map I encountered in Ghana is a map issued a few years ago as a promotional effort by Toyota Co., but this map is unfortunately no longer available.
The map serves well to obtain an overview of the geography of Ghana, and once this is done, one should rely on the small but detailed and usually very accurate maps in travel guide books. I used the Bradt Guide for this trip and was very well served.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Ghanaian Map out There, November 5, 2010

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P. C. DEVRIES "psuptspitt" (Mars PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This is the map you want when you go to Ghana. I've been going for 13 years, and nothing is close to this.