History of Military Cartography
5th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2014
Editors: Liebenberg, Elri, Demhardt, Imre Josef, Vervust, Soetkin (Eds.)
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This volume gathers 19 papers first presented at the 5th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, which took place at the University of Ghent, Belgium on 2-5 December 2014. The overall conference theme was 'Cartography in Times of War and Peace', but preference was given to papers dealing with the military cartography of the First World War (1914-1918). The papers are classified by period and regional sub-theme, i.e. Military Cartography from the 18th to the 20th century; WW I Cartography in Belgium, Central Europe, etc.
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Image of Belgium in WWI Through Maps
Pages 3-23
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The Postal Service of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (1917–1919): A Time-Step Analysis Using Historical Data Integration in a GIS Environment
Pages 25-38
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Position Mapping: Cartography, Intelligence, and the Third Battle of Gaza, 1917
Pages 39-60
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The Eye of the Army: German Aircraft and Aero Cartography in World War I
Pages 61-82
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A Good Map Is Half The Battle! The Military Cartography of the Central Powers in World War I
Pages 83-130
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- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- History of Military Cartography
- Book Subtitle
- 5th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2014
- Editors
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- Elri Liebenberg
- Imre Josef Demhardt
- Soetkin Vervust
- Series Title
- Publications of the International Cartographic Association (ICA)
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-25244-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-25244-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-25242-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-79757-1
- Series ISSN
- 2195-1705
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 375
- Number of Illustrations
- 165 b/w illustrations
- Topics
