Dr Alexander J. Kent FBCartS FRGS FSA SFHEA
Canterbury Christ Church University (UK)
CALL FOR PAPERS -
THE CARTOGRAPHIC JOURNAL
The Soviet Union produced more maps than any other state in the twentieth century. The extraordinary cartographic output of the Soviet General Staff incorporated a secret global military mapping project comprising topographic maps at several scales and also plans of thousands of towns and cities around the world in street-level detail. Since these maps and plans became commercially available from the early 1990s, they have found new applications in archaeology, disaster relief, environmental studies, urban planning, and in many other fields. In addition to its military mapping project, the Soviet Union introduced a wide range of civilian cartographic products (from tourist maps to atlases) that demonstrated innovative methods of data visualisation and cartographic design. The Cartographic Journal is pleased to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue to be published this winter to mark 100 years of Soviet mapping.
Papers are invited on the following topics:
- Soviet military topographic and city mapping, particularly in national contexts outside the USSR