Forgotten battles, forgotten maps : resources for reconstructing historical topographical intelligence using army map service materials
Army ; Historical geography ; Source of documentation ; Topographicmap ; United States of America
A. discusses the history of the United States Army Map Service (AMS) and how its materials, which deal with topographical intelligence (terrain, facilities, and transport networks in enemy territory), became available in library collections. He
identifies map collections with high potential as research sources. He concludes by presenting the locations of AMS map collections and working aids for interpreting the material. Emphasis is on World War II German, Japanese, and allied sources. - (SLD)
Merilo kart in upodobitvena povrsina na kartah na primeru obcine Kamnik. (The scale of maps and the representation area on maps the case of the commune of Kamnik (Slovenia) (Serbo-Croate
The scale is of greater importance on topographicalmaps than on thematic maps. On topographic ones, which also use standard scales established by convention, only conventional cartographical signs are used by means of which the content on the maps
is represented accurately and in detail. On thematic maps, which differ widely with regard to both scale and content, only ancillary topographical signs are precisely located because they serve as orientation in the geographical space, whereas the signs related
to the main content (theme) on the map are usually much larger than the scale would allow and are often located also outside the actual topographical position. As examples, the A. includes tests with maps at different scales representing the smallest political
Official topographic cartography in Germany looks back on a history of more than two hundred years. Through various stages of development its analogue map products reached their highest level in the nineteen-eighties. Since 1990, i.e
. the reunification of Germany and the introduction of the topographical ATKIS-information system, topographic cartography and its new digital products developed as an integral part of the new system. At present, German official topographic cartography
The topographicmap is a useful tool to understand the present landscapes and their history. With the passing of time, the map becomes a source of information that is evermore valuable. The goals for which it was created are joined by other values
. The map can be a document of several territorial modifications, both of geomorphological and anthropical origins. - (NF)
Zur Entwicklung der redaktionnell-kartographischen Arbeiten bei der Herstellung der 1. Ausgabe der topographischen Karten von Territorium der DDR (Development of editorial cartographic work on production of the first edition of topographicmaps
The installation of map editorship was an important precondition for the production of topographicmaps of the wholescale series of the GDR. The editorial principles reflect the level of map edition and design. - (IH)
Minority toponyms on maps. The rendering of linguistic minority toponyms on topographicmaps of Western Europe
Purpose of this thesis is the reconstruction of the various trends or developments in the government approach to toponyms. This is done by comparing subsequent map series of the same areas where linguistic minorities were or are prevalent. The study
Towards a definition of topographic divisions for Italy
This paper presents a preliminary subdivision of the entire Italian territory into formal topographic units and describes the rationale and the largely DEM-based techniques by which it was prepared. The classification is semi-quantitative, derived
from an unsupervised three-class cluster analysis of four derivatives of elevation and from the visual inspection of both geological maps and digitals maps of morphometric parameters.
Quantitative topographic method of fault morphology recognition
A quantitative method for morphology recognition of topographically expressed faults is developed. The method is based on the analysis of digital elevation models (DEMs). Kh mapping correspond mostly to structures like strike-slip faults, while
lineaments revealed by Kv mapping indicate mainly structures as dip-slip faults and thrusts. Some aspects of the method precision, requirements for initial data and further development of the method are discussed.
The projected characterictics of a national topographic digital databank
An estimation of the characteristic of projected national digital topographic data bases for Great Britain, based on a sample of over 400 Ordnance Survey digital maps at 1: 1250 and 1: 2500 scales. The sources of the considerable uncertainty
in the projections are discussed: some 3000km of line work at map scale needs to be encoded to provide basic scale coverage apart from contours. With present Ordnance Survey methods of storage, this Would require about 580 magnetic tapes.