American cartographic transformations during the cold war

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 261-282

  Cloud, John ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Cold war; Corona; Data acquisition; Data reduction; Intelligence community; Military geographic information; Military Industrial Academic Complex; Panoramic cameras; Photogrammetry; Talent Keyhole; Terrain analysis; Vietnam war; World Geodetic System

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEODESY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MISSILES;

PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MAPPING;

MILITARY OPERATIONS;

GEODETIC NETWORK; GIS; HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; MILITARY APPLICATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

EID: 0036629876     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304002782008422     Document Type: Article

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