Advanced map and aerial photograph reading.

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"The purpose of this manual is to provide a text on advanced map and aerial photograph reading for military personnel who throughly understand the basic material in FM 21-25." (Page 1.)

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v, 141 p. ill., maps, diagrs. ; 17 cm.

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United States. War Department. December 1944.

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  • Main Title: Advanced map and aerial photograph reading.
  • Added Title: War Department field manual ; FM 21-26, 1944.
  • Alternate Title: Map and aerial photograph reading.
  • Series Title: War Department field manual

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"The purpose of this manual is to provide a text on advanced map and aerial photograph reading for military personnel who throughly understand the basic material in FM 21-25." (Page 1.)

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v, 141 p. ill., maps, diagrs. ; 17 cm.

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Earlier editions published by U.S. Engineer Dept.

"December 1944."

Supersedes FM 21-26, 17 Sept. 1941, including Changes no. 1 (15 May 1942); TB 21-25-1 (2 Mar. 1944); TB 21-26-1 (23 Feb. 1944); and Training circular no. 66, War Department (1944).

Contents: I. Introduction -- II. Maps -- III. Conventional signs and military symbols -- IV. Map measurements -- V. Direction and azimuth -- VI. Grids and coordinates -- VII. Elevation and relief -- VIII. Orientation -- IX. Aerial photographs -- X. Aerial photographs as map substitutes -- XI. Photomaps -- XII. Stereovision -- Appendix. Projections.

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