{"title":"Maps of the Free State","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"free-state-provincial-wall-map","title":"Free State Provincial Wall Map","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Free State Provincial Wall Map shows the whole province at 1:600 000 on an A0 sheet, with the Lesotho border and the neighbouring provinces carried through to the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe road network is graded from freeways and national roads through main roads to secondary roads, with route numbers given and tarred, untarred and under-construction sections distinguished. Distances in kilometres are printed between towns, toll routes and toll plazas are marked, and railways with their stations are drawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMunicipal boundaries are drawn and the municipalities named on the map — Mangaung, Mantsopa and Setsoto among them — alongside the provincial and international boundaries. The province's war history is carried on the sheet: battle sites and historical monuments are marked and named with their dates. Dams and lakes, national parks, game reserves and nature reserves, border control posts, airports, airfields, major spot heights and places of interest are all named, with settlements graded from city down to individual settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSuitable for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransport, freight and route planning.\u003c\/strong\u003e Distances in kilometres are printed between towns, toll routes and plazas are marked, and the road network carries route numbers throughout — including which sections are tarred and which are not, which matters on the farm roads between the N1 and the Lesotho border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMunicipal, government and public-sector work.\u003c\/strong\u003e Municipal boundaries are drawn and each municipality is named on the map, so which authority a town falls under can be read straight off the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSales and service territories.\u003c\/strong\u003e The whole province sits on one sheet with towns graded by size, municipal boundaries to divide against and distances to judge them by.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTourism, hospitality and travel planning.\u003c\/strong\u003e Battle sites and historical monuments are named with their dates, alongside nature reserves, dams, places of interest and the border control posts into Lesotho.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot the right map if you need street detail.\u003c\/strong\u003e At 1:600 000 this is a provincial overview and does not show individual streets. For Bloemfontein at street level, see the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bloemfontein\"\u003eBloemfontein Wall Map\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 32%; text-align: left;\"\u003eScale\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1:600 000\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eEdition\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5th\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1189 × 841 mm (W × H), A0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLaminated, with or without battens\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eDatum\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWGS84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781770269330\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Map Studio","offers":[{"title":"No Batten","offer_id":44827923677319,"sku":"9781770269330","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"With Batten","offer_id":45526549135495,"sku":"9781770269331B","price":2900.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/1817\/7671\/files\/FREESTATE-e1511945012856.png?v=1781079038"},{"product_id":"bloemfontein","title":"Bloemfontein Wall Map","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bloemfontein Wall Map covers the city at 1:25 000 — street level, on a landscape sheet a metre wide. It is the smallest of the city wall maps, and the easiest to find wall space for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoads run from freeways and national roads through through-routes to minor roads and bridges, with route markers, one-way streets, traffic lights, toll plazas, parking, entrances and exits and petrol stations. Railways with stations, service lines and sidings are drawn, and shading separates built-up, commercial and industrial areas and informal settlements from parks, sports grounds, marsh and pan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sheet carries two reference systems at once: a lettered and numbered index grid around the margin, and a latitude and longitude graticule labelled down the sides and across the top, so a position can be read off either way. Farm names and their registration numbers are shown where the city gives way to farm land, and spot heights are given with their elevations — Signal Hill at 1 474.7 m and Grants Hill at 1 489 m among them. Beyond that the civic detail runs deep: police, fire, traffic and metro police stations, hospitals and clinics with casualty units distinguished from those without, municipal clinics, helipads, the airport and airfields, law and magistrates' courts, government and municipal offices, schools, libraries, places of worship, museums and art galleries, historical monuments, provincial heritage sites, shopping centres, cinemas and drive-ins, hotels, caravan parks and sports facilities from tennis and cricket to polo and shooting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSuitable for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOffices with limited wall space.\u003c\/strong\u003e At a metre wide this is the most compact of the city wall maps — the whole of Bloemfontein at street level without giving up a wall to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLogistics, delivery and field service.\u003c\/strong\u003e At 1:25 000 the map shows one-way streets, traffic lights, toll plazas, entrances and exits and petrol stations, with route markers on the numbered road network — the detail a delivery route or a call-out actually turns on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmergency services and public safety.\u003c\/strong\u003e Police, fire, traffic department and metro police stations are marked, hospitals and clinics carrying a casualty unit are shown separately from those without, and helipads are indicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMunicipal, government and education work.\u003c\/strong\u003e Government and municipal offices, law and magistrates' courts, community services, refuse sites, schools and libraries are individually located, along with the University of the Free State and the city's hospitals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot the right map if you need the wider province.\u003c\/strong\u003e This sheet is street level across Bloemfontein. For provincial coverage, see the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-maps-south-african-provincial\"\u003eprovincial wall maps\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 32%; text-align: left;\"\u003eScale\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1:25 000\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eEdition\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1st\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1000 × 690 mm (W × H)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLaminated, with or without battens\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781770261914\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Map Studio","offers":[{"title":"No Batten","offer_id":45547387322503,"sku":"9781770261914","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"With Batten","offer_id":45547387355271,"sku":"9781770261915B","price":2600.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/1817\/7671\/files\/978-1-77026-191-4BloemfonteinFULL.png?v=1786949257"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.mapstudio.co.za\/collections\/maps-free-state.oembed","provider":"Map Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}