Serious Soviet MIlitary Mapped Zikapore To Great Detail During Cold War! ISD Gong Chee Bye?

[JohnTan]

According to National Geographic, the Soviets embarked on one of the greatest mapping efforts the world had ever seen, with hundreds of thousands of maps created.

But the maps were not meant for public reference.

They were created under a secret Soviet military programme during the Cold War, at a time when the United States and Soviet Russia were in a tense race to exert control over the rest of the world using their rival systems of Capitalism and Communism respectively.

Very detailed maps
Intricate details of the locales were included in the maps.

For example, the maps of China included notes on local vegetation and whether water from a particular area’s wells was safe to drink.

Those of US cities also included military buildings that are omitted from the era’s American-made maps.

Even details on the materials used to construct bridges and their load-bearing capacities were indicated.

In an era before the internet, the kinds of details included in the Soviet maps would not have been possible without the help of a network of personnel on the ground.

In some instances, the ground information would have been gathered by spies.

The maps came to light, when the Soviet Union broke up and began to collapse in the late 1980s, but the circumstances of their revelation remain unknown, according to Nat Geo.

They somehow began appearing on international map dealers’ catalogues.

Singapore was not spared from being mapped by the Soviets
Eight Soviet military maps were acquired and released by the National Archives of Singapore (NAS) in the first quarter of 2016.

The maps have covering dates ranging from the 1960s to 1980s and depict our island in amazing detail, but they’re all in Russian.

Here’s one depicting Singapore and the region in 1961. It includes the network of major roads, locations of air bases, and the location of downtown Singapore, which is in the southeast of the island.

You can view the full map here. Source: NAS
This 1983 map shows the top half of Singapore in great topographical detail.

You can see the full map here. Source: NAS
The overall view of the map showing the southwest of Singapore in 1982 looks like this.

You can see the full map here. Source: NAS
But you can see the rich details when you zoom in. The screenshot below shows the Jurong West area with part of the industrial estate in the white area on the lower left.

You can see the full map here. Source: NAS

Similarly, a 1982 map that shows southern and southeastern Singapore carries this level of detail. This portion shows the town area with the Singapore River snaking across in the lower centre half.

The old National Stadium can also be found near the top right of the map.

You can see the full map here. Source: NAS
It is clear that the maps carry a lot of visual details, and if we’re able to read Russian, we’d be able to extract even more information out of these.

More intriguingly, perhaps, we can’t help but wonder how the information indicated in these maps were gathered.

Were they done through legit public sources or was espionage also involved?

And while it might seem far-fetched that espionage might be involved, the recent case of Huang Jing, and the past case of a Singaporean officer seduced by a Russian spy might make you think otherwise.

https://mothership.sg/2017/10/sovie...re-in-extremely-great-detail-during-cold-war/

 

[halsey02]

Did they map 38 Oxley Rise? or that flat in Yishun?

 

[eatshitndie]

the soviets hired and paid sinkies and jiuhukia to do their ground data gathering. you wouldn’t see angmo ruskies on the ground doing the legwork. much of the mapping info were gleaned from local driver’s directory handbook. the cia also mapped sg in detail at the same time. they also had personnel on the ground. a couple of “anal-ysts” were assigned to surveillance duty at the harbor just to monitor ships passing by or docked for refueling. that kind of jaga-like labor-intensive work now can be handled by remote cams and drones.

 

[red amoeba]

That’s how Google maps get their data from ?

 

[eatshitndie]

That’s how Google maps get their data from ?

when they started with google earth data was mostly from satellites. google map add to the satellite data with street view, then with user data from the google map app plus community data from waze after acquiring it in 2013.

 

[Froggy]

1982 they simply buy a copy of street directory

 

[bobby]

Wait till they find out that part of Upper Serangoon is also Marine Parade....

 

[zhihau]

Wait till they find out that part of Upper Serangoon is also Marine Parade....

bro, they don't bother about those minor details during a bombing run.

 

[virus]

They even marked out geylang as little Shanghai and people s park as little tiananmen

 

[virus]

Wait till they find out that part of Upper Serangoon is also Marine Parade....

Not if it is a bonking run... Serangoon got good place for Russian massage parlor if they start at invasion. Yistana is also another excellent choice for chicken

 

[bobby]

Vice is big money for Russian 'student' in Singapore

Part-time call girl who says she's studying English earns about $5k to $11k a week

With her porcelain-smooth skin, sharp features, lively blue eyes and tall, slim physique, 26-year-old Anna from Moscow could have made a living strutting down the catwalk in Russia.

However, the very idea made her laugh. Speaking in near-perfect English, she said "there are too many model-wannabes in Russia who are poorly paid".

Instead, the business graduate, who said she is studying English here, moonlights as a prostitute, charging between $600 an hour and $1,500 for an overnight rendezvous. She said: "It's safe here and you can make good money in a short time. I hope to 'make it' in six months and leave to open a restaurant in Indonesia."


But the heat is on for women like Anna. Last week, the police busted a Russian vice ring and arrested four women - three from Russia and one from Uzbekistan. The syndicate, which police described as a "high-class Russian vice ring", allegedly advertised sexual services on online sites like Yelp, Skokka, Locanto and Backpage.

This reporter was introduced to Anna by a man familiar with the escort scene, and spoke to her for about an hour in the Orchard area.

Anna said Singapore is an adventure for her. She added that for now, "she believes in trying everything life has to offer".

High Class Russian Vice Ring Busted

• ICA takes 'serious view' of student-pass abuses
• Four women - three Russians and an Uzbek - were arrested by the police on May 4 for their alleged involvement in a "high-class" prostitution ring.
  
  The women, aged between 26 and 39, were said to have valid work permits and had supposedly advertised their $500-an-hour services on at least 10 online platforms.
  
  Yet, overall figures depict a declining trend of foreign women caught for vice-related activities.
  
  Last year, 2,947 foreign women were arrested for suspected vice activities, the police told The Sunday Times. In 2015 and 2014, the figures were 4,976 and 4,886 respectively.
  
  Foreigners like Anna, 26, the Russian escort masquerading as a student, will not be allowed to remain here upon conviction or cancellation of their passes, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) told The Sunday Times.
  
  A spokesman said: "The ICA takes a serious view of international students who abuse their student's pass status to work illegally or engage in criminal or undesirable activities in Singapore. Those found doing so will have their passes cancelled and may also be charged in court, depending on the nature of the offence."
  
  In the recent case, a Russian woman, 39, has been charged with three counts of knowingly living in part on the earnings of two foreign prostitutes.
  
  For each charge, she faces a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to $10,000.
  

PROFITABLE

It's safe here and you can make good money in a short time. I hope to 'make it' in six months and leave to open a restaurant in Indonesia.

ANNA, a 26-year-old Russian on why she is moonlighting in Singapore as a prostitute.

UNPREDICTABLE

It's always a gamble as you don't know who you're meeting for the night. I have stayed in lavish hotels and sometimes, for quick calls, in budget ones.

ANNA, whose clients are foreigners on business trips and middle-aged locals.

Dressed in a figure-hugging bustier and stilettos, Anna said she decided to leave Moscow because of the cold climate and the low value of the rouble, the Russian currency.

The 1.8m-tall blonde said she has no boyfriend or responsibilities back home, although she does send money to her family, which she describes as neither rich nor poor.

In the last 10 years, the rouble has dropped considerably against the Singapore dollar - $1 is worth 40 roubles today, compared with 17 roubles in 2007.

Anna said her family would like her to be an artist because she has a talent for drawing and painting, butshe said she cannot make a living as an artist in Moscow. Anna has a bubbly personality but gave up trying to make it as a singer in Moscow after several tries.

Her ideal life, she said, is anywhere that has a beach, which is the reason for the location of her dream restaurant. She plans to finance the project with her lucrative work here while staying on as a full-time student.

"I work and live alone here. I have no agent," she said. Before this, she visited Singapore twice on a social visit pass. For the past month, her home has been a $3,000-a-month studio apartment a 10-minute walk from the heart of Orchard Road.

She said she works the ground twice a week by frequenting a few Orchard Road clubs popular with men seeking foreign prostitutes.

In a bad week, she can earn at least $5,000, she said. The highest she made in a week was a little more than $11,000. Her clients are middle-aged Singaporean men and foreigners on business trips.

She said she decided on Singapore because it is a busy tourist and business hub. "It's always a gamble as you don't know who you're meeting for the night. I have stayed in lavish hotels and sometimes, for quick calls, in budget ones," she said.

She added that most Russian escorts who visit Singapore do so as part of a circuit of places like Macau, Dubai and Malaysia. "Some Russian girls come here in groups. If one is caught, the rest will also get into trouble sooner or later."

The women stay in apartments around Kim Keat and Balestier, she said. They are cared for by minders with links to the Russian groups that helped them get to Singapore. The minders take a cut of their incomes.

"They come on social visit passes. They work harder as they need to get more business before their time here runs out," she said.

But being too visible and greedy can be dangerous. "You don't want to attract unwanted attention in this line of work," Anna said. She added that she does not cut classes despite her late-night escapades.

In her spare time, she likes to sing karaoke, she said. During the interview, she played a YouTube music video by a black Russian rapper on her smartphone, and sang along to the rap song.

But before I could ask her any more questions, Anna said my time was up. She thanked me and quickly disappeared in the direction of an Orchard Road nightclub.

 

[Papsmearer]

Wow, even the old armour keat Hong camp is on the map along with all the individual buildings on Tengah airbase. Those spies under TASS cover must have been working overtime.