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A Good Map Is Half The Battle! The Military Cartography of the Central Powers in World War I

2016; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-319-25244-5_5

1863-2351

Jürgen Espenhorst,

Archaeological Research and Protection

During World War I the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) were burdened by the heterogeneous structure of their military mapping-facilities. Nevertheless, in the end they produced far more maps than the Allied Powers. The German cartographers, without any overstatement, created the lion's share because they were present on all the fronts from Flanders via the Balkans to the Near East. This article explores pre-war cartographic efforts, looks at the various types of maps that were produced during the war, and traces the dramatic development of cartographic technology that occurred as a result. The following discussion focuses on maps created for the army. Maps for use by aviation units are discussed in a separate chapter.