The Great Soviet Atlas of the World. Vol. I

This article comprises three academic book reviews, covering the first volume of the Great Soviet Atlas of the World, Finsterwalder's Photogrammetrie, and Kukkamäki's Formeln und Tabellen zur Berechnung der nivellitischen Refraktion. The reviews note that the Soviet atlas is up-to-date and well-produced, encompassing physical and economic geography, yet is limited by Russian-only labeling and an isolationist stance; the photogrammetry work is thorough on theoretical and practical difficulties but omits aerial oblique photography; the levelling refraction tables, based on temperature differences and sight-line parameters, offer practical corrections for precise levelling.