[MONTRÉAL] Before going somewhere for the first time, it’s always nice to get a preliminary view of the place, if only to feed the excitement with anticipation. Maps have always been, for me, synonymous with adventure; a preliminary step toward discovery of a future destination. Maps always help me orient myself quickly to a place shortly after arrival. Actually, they make me feel as though I know the place long before arriving. Entering a central square, crossing a major intersection or circling a roundabout in a city for the first time can bring about a sense of nostalgia from cartographic familiarity in absentia.
Below, I’ll continually add maps I find that will give me that I-know-this-place feeling once I get myself to Sudan and help me better understand the situation there: its history, the migration of refugees & internally displaced persons (IDPs), its physical landscape and topography, its transport network, its development strategies, etc.
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MAP RESOURCES
Map Catalogue of the UNITED NATIONS SUDAN INFORMATION GATEWAY.
City Maps from the Ministry of Land, Housing and Public Utilities, Government of Southern Sudan
International Travel and Health maps from the World Health Organization
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SELECTED MAPS (Place mouse over maps to get their titles. click to download or view better quality image.)
GENERAL:
(source: Map No. 3707 Rev. 10, UNITED NATIONS, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Cartographic Section, April 2007)
January 1, 1956 Line of Demarcation Map
(source: Map No. 3707 Rev. 10, UNITED NATIONS, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Cartographic Section, April 2007; demarcation line source is US Department of State)
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DARFUR MAPS:
Darfur Confirmed Damaged and Destroyed Villages, Feb 2003 – December 2009
(Source: US Department of State, Humanitarian Information Unit, April 5, 2010)
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INTERNATIONAL AID MAPS:
Draft Map: UN Agency Presence in Sudan
(source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UCHA) November 3, 2008)
Sudan Humanitarian Planning Map
(source: NASA MODIS mosaic, UN Cartographic Section; UN OCHA; UNHCR; DCW OLS; UNDP GRID and Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia; 11 February 2004)
Southern Sudan Road Progress – October 2008
(source: UN Joint Logistics Centre, Sudan; Map #: UNJLC_SDN_704_A3; October 20, 2008)
Non-Food Items Sector Partners and Common Pipleline Pilot Project, South Sudan
(source: UN Joint Logistics Centre, Juba; Map number: unjlc_sdn_711_A3_07112; 24 November 2008)
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MIGRATION MAPS:
Spontaneous Returns from Place of Displacement and Final Destination of Returnees (tracked on-route)
(source: International Organization for Migration IOM, 2008)
IOM Internally Displaced Persons Return Routes – by road, river and air 2007-2008
(source: International Organization for Migration, 28 January 2008)
IDP Registration, Returns and Refugee Repatriation supported by IOMIDP Registration, Returns and Refugee Repatriation supported by IOM
(source: IOM GIS Unit, Data Source: IOM IDP Registration Databases, Movement statistics & IOM supported repatriation statistics; 18/09/2007)
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(source: European Coalition on Oil in Sudan, 2007)
(courtesy Global Witness 2009)
OIL WELLS IN RELATION TO THE BOUNDARIES OF ABYEI ACCORDING TO THE ABYEI BOUNDARIES COMMISSION
(courtesy Global Witness 2009)
OIL WELLS IN RELATION TO THE TRIBUNAL OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION
(courtesy Global Witness 2009)
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Vegetation Cover in Sudan
(courtesy Food and Agriculture Organization FAO)
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WILDLIFE MAPS:
(courtesy: Wildlife Conservation Society)
European Coalition on Oil in Sudan & National Parks / Refuge Overlay
Sudan Oil & Wildlife Overlay (source: Wildlife Conservation Society and European Coalition on Oil in Sudan, 2007)
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POLITICAL BOUNDARY MAPS:
Comparative Map of the Abyei Area
Arbitration Award Map (source: Permanent Court of Arbitration, July 22, 2009)
(prepared by: Information Management Department, UNMAO)
(source: World Health Organization, 2008)
(source: World Health Organization, 2008)
