The Survey of Palestine was the government department responsible for the survey and mapping of Palestine during the British mandate period.
Palestine of the Crusades, 1:350,000
The headquarters of the Survey Department of Palestine in 1930
Image: Survey of Palestine 1944 1 250,000 Sheet 1 (partial crop)
Image: Survey of Palestine 1944 1 250,000 Sheet 2 (partial crop)
The cartography of the region of Palestine, also known as cartography of the Holy Land and cartography of the Land of Israel, is the creation, editing, processing and printing of maps of the region of Palestine from ancient times until the rise of modern surveying techniques. For several centuries during the Middle Ages it was the most prominent subject in all of cartography, and it has been described as an "obsessive subject of map art".
The cartography of the region of Palestine prior to modern surveying techniques is focused on a geographic region in Western Asia usually considered to include modern Israel (often excluding the Negev), the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and parts of northwestern Jordan.
Image: Notitia Dignitatum Dux Palestinae
Image: Palestine in the Tabula Peutingeriana (cropped)
Image: 1570 Palestinae Hondius
