Cartographic News
- Publication
- The Professional Geographer
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 169
Československý vojenský atlas · Version 1
1965The notice reviews the Czechoslovak Military Atlas, published in Prague in 1965. It describes a sequence of world climate maps, maps of Europe, and large-scale maps of Czechoslovakia, followed by a latter half devoted to military maps, including major campaigns. The reviewer considers many of the maps useful for both general and military purposes, rates the volume as a first-class world atlas, and praises its paper and binding.
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These cartographic notices report on a NASA radar-mapping project at Ohio State University examining the effects of moisture content and crop types on radar; introduce The Cartographer and the provisional agenda for the Second United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa, scheduled for Tunis in September 1966; and praise the coverage and production quality of the 1965 Czechoslovak Military Atlas. Other items describe the National Library of Scotland’s map collections, a planned survey by the British Cartographic Society’s Map Collection Study Group, the Library of Congress’s revised list of historical map reproductions for sale, an international catalogue project seeking information on globes and related objects dating before 1850, and a population map of Mexico based on the 1960 census.
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