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"The Red Atlas" by John Davies, Alexander J. Kent is a history book focused on Astronomical Data. Best for general readers, students, and topic-focused learners.
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, DC, and London to towns like Pontiac, MI and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. What they chose to include on these maps can seem obvious like locations of factories and ports, or more surprising, such as 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 actual Soviet feet on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these 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.
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"The Red Atlas" by John Davies, Alexander J. Kent is a history book focused on Astronomical Data. Best for general readers, students, and topic-focused learners.
Topic: Astronomical Data
Author: John Davies, Alexander J. Kent
Who this is for:
- Students
- Educators
- Interested readers
Why this book matters: It gives readers useful context, background, and perspective on the subject through a focused and accessible presentation.
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, DC, and London to towns like Pontiac, MI and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. What they chose to include on these maps can seem obvious like locations of factories and ports, or more surprising, such as 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 actual Soviet feet on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these 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.
| Author | John Davies, Alexander J. Kent |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Published | 2017-10-17 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780226389578 |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Pages | 249 |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | History |
| Topic | Astronomical Data |
Format: Hardcover
Length: 249 pages
Language: English
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