Treaties on Urban Mapping.

The book: TREATIES ON URBAN MAPPING, is in two volumes: Volume I – Retrospect, a survey or review of a past course of events and Volume II – Prospects, the possibility or likelihood of some good event occurring. Volume I has 18 chapters spread over 601 pages of typescript and 29 pages of Table of Contents (ToC) and annexures. In Volume I, what has happened in town planning in general and preparation of maps for urban areas in the country in particular, from the year 1963 to the year 2018 has been explained lucidly with facts and figures. The errors, omissions and commissions, committed both by town planners and the governments at centre and states have been brought out.

Volume II has 5 chapters spread over 284 pages of typescript and 18 pages of ToC and annexures. In these chapters, solutions to the problems faced by the town planners and the governments at centre and states are provided. Chapters in Volume II are guidelines in which the best practices, that are internationally followed are provided for adoption by town planners,

There are 102 maps of different types and varying in size from A3 to A0 and on UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) system, which has a neat line of 1,000 x 500 mm, for 5 standard scales: 1:500, 1:1,000, 1:2,000, 1:10,000 and 1:20,000, are  given as QR codes at the end of respective chapters. There are tables and drawings in annexures, about 25 in number, which serve as ready reckoners, to students in town planning courses and practicing town planers alike. There is a unique QR code at page xxvi, which provides the drawings and charts in their native format such as ‘dwg’, ‘xls’. Many of the drawings in annexures, which can be downloaded from the QR at page xxvi, can be used as templates in other projects.