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Ethiopia – United States Mapping Mission
The Ethiopia-United States Mapping Mission, also known as the Ethi-U.S. Mapping Mission, was an operation undertaken by the United States Army during the 1960s to provide up-to-date topographic map coverage of the entire country of Ethiopia. The soldiers who conducted the mapping operations on the ground during that time used the latest surveying and mapping techniques and were exposed to many hardships and dangers, but they completed their mission near the end of the decade. The maps that were created still serve as the base maps for the country of Ethiopia and are presently being updated and maintained by the Ethiopian Mapping Authority. The mission The Ethiopia-United States Mapping Mission was a mission of the U.S. Army United States Army Corps of Engineers, Corps of Engineers, 64th Engineer Battalion, 29th Engineer Company and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, U.S. Army Map Service, later U.S. Army Topographic Command (TOPOCOM), Special Foreign Activity during the ...
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