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THE aim of this book is to provide an introduction to the subject for air cadets. The first half treats of map-reading from the point of view of the aviator, and is illustrated entirely from American maps, and even these, on account of censorship, have had to be chosen with discretion. The treatment is summary and omits some of the more familiar considerations generally embraced in the study of maps for surface travel. Particular attention is paid to the relation between aerial photographs, block diagrams and topographical surveys, and many well-devised exercises and problems are included. If space was a consideration, it is difficult to understand why a brief résumé of the physiographic region of the United States and Canada and a section on the moon should be included.
Map Reading and Avigation
An Introduction. By Richard M. Field and Harlan T. Stetson. Pp. xiii + 129. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1943.) 15s. net.
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Map Reading and Avigation. Nature 153, 180 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153180d0
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