ABSTRACT

This paper analyzes the methods and processes of the compilation of the British/US topographic maps of the Balkans created for the purpose of military operations during World War II. It presents the challenges that the cartographers of the British Geographical Section of the General Staff and the US Army Map Service faced during the compilation of their editions of the map of the Balkans. It discusses how they managed to homogenize different mathematical base data and geographical contents from the numerous source maps, how they sorted out the complications of name spellings, how they brought the maps up to date to make them reliable, and which specific features were maintained in some of the sheets of the topographic map series for the Balkans.

摘要

本文分析了为第二次世界大战期间的军事行动而创建的英国/美国巴尔干地形图的编制方法和过程。它提出了总参谋部英国地理科和美国陆军地图服务局的制图师在编制巴尔干地图版本时面临的挑战。它讨论了他们如何设法使来自大量源地图的不同数学基础数据和地理内容同质化，如何解决名称拼写的复杂性，如何使地图更新以使其可靠，以及维护了哪些特定功能。巴尔干地区地形图系列的一些图纸。