Download or read book Maps of War written by Jeremy Black and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is little documented mapping of conflict prior to the Renaissance period, but, from the 17th century onwards, military commanders and strategists began to document the wars in which they were involved and later, to use mapping to actually plan the progress of a conflict. Using contemporary maps, this sumptuous new volume covers the history of the mapping of war on land and shows the way in which maps provide a guide to the history of war. Content includes: The beginnings of military mapping up to 1600 including the impact of printing and the introduction of gunpowder The seventeenth century: The focus is on maps to illustrate war, rather than as a planning tool and the chapter considers the particular significance of maps of fortifications. The eighteenth century: The growing need for maps on a world scale reflects the spread of European power and of transoceanic conflict between Europeans. This chapter focuses in particular on the American War of Independence. The nineteenth century: Key developments included contouring and the creation of military surveying. Subjects include the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War The twentieth century including extended features on the First and Second World Wars including maps showing trench warfare and aerial reconnaissance. Much of the chapter focuses on the period from 1945 to the present day including special sections on the Vietnam War and the Gulf Wars.
Download or read book U S Army Guide to Map Reading and Navigation written by Department of the Army and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-07-27 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It requires no prior knowledge of these subjects. Sections include map care, comprehension of map symbols, military symbols, grid reference systems, and interpretation of aerial photographs. After the basics are covered, the second half moves to land navigation – varying terrains, elevations, day-night variations. Map and compass work is thoroughly explained. Finally, extreme scenarios – desert, mountain, jungle, arctic, and urban terrains – are all explored.
Download or read book Map Reading and Land Navigation written by Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field manual provides a standardized source document for Army-wide reference on map reading and land navigation. It applies to every soldier in the army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual also contains both doctrine and training guidance on map reading and land navigation.Part One addresses map reading and Part Two, land navigation. The appendices include an introduction to orienteering and a discussion of several devices that can assist the soldier in land navigation. For soldiers, hunters, climbers, and hikers alike, this is the definitive guide to map reading and navigation.
Download or read book The Military on the Map written by Alix Wood and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling title, readers will not only learn vital map skills, but they’ll get an idea of just how essential these skills are. Otherwise reluctant learners will find themselves drawn into the military scenarios as reading a map becomes a sometimes suspenseful matter of grave importance.
Download or read book Manual of Map Reading written by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a chapter on reading air photographs.
Download or read book Military Maps Explained written by Henry Edgar Eames and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fundamentals of Military Map Reading written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Official U S Army Map Reading and Land Navigation Handbook written by Department of the Army and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army’s official guide to map reading, determining location, and navigating For a soldier, knowing where you are is a matter of life and death, and so it comes as no surprise that the Army has produced the most complete, clear, and thorough guide to map reading and navigation available. The book starts with a comprehensive explanation of the meaning and uses of maps, whether photographic, planimetric (standard-style), or topographic, then proceeds to the use of those maps, discussing compass techniques, celestial navigation, and determination of distance. There is a detailed section on interpreting topographic maps, with notes on tactical considerations for differing terrain, as well as determining the ease of movement through an area. The book’s crucial, well-illustrated chapters have invaluable information on: Training Strategy Maps Marginal Information and Symbols Grids Scale and Distance Direction Overlays Aerial Photographs Navigation Equipment and Methods Elevation Relief Terrain Association Mounted Land Navigation Navigation in Different Types of Terrain Unit Sustainment There is also information on field sketching, the tricky art of map folding, units of measure and conversion factors, map symbols, orienteering, and the global positioning system (GPS).
Download or read book Military Map Reading written by United States. War Dept. General Staff and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Army Map Service written by United States. Army Map Service and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Map Reading and Sketching written by Clarence Osborne Sherrill and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Map reading Field Outpost and Road Sketching written by William Dorrance Beach and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Military Map additional Chapters written by Gerald Maxwell and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Map Reading written by Clarence Osborne Sherrill and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Map reading Field Outpost and Road Sketching for Non commissioned Officers written by William Dorrance Beach and published by Kansas City, Mo. : Hudson-Kimberley Pub.. This book was released on 1897 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Red Atlas written by John Davies and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “utterly fascinating” untold story of Soviet Russia’s global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian). From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have supported a full range of military planning. For big cities like New York, Washington, D.C., and London to towns like Pontiac, MI, and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. The information on these maps ranged from the locations of factories and ports to building heights, road widths, and bridge capacities. Some of the detail suggests early satellite technology, while other specifics, like detailed depictions of depths and channels around rivers and harbors, could only have been gained by Soviet spies on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these incredible Cold War maps, exploring their provenance and cartographic techniques as well as what they can tell us about their makers and the Soviet initiatives that were going on all around us.
Download or read book Military Topography and Map Reading written by William Henry Waldron and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
