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1911
1911 - 0371.PDF
APRIL 29, 1911. l/llGHT L / A MAP FOR MILITARY AVIATORS. References. Block by La J'> Automobile t't Actienne. Roads Railways Tramways Aerodrome Hydrogen depot Sheds for dirigibles Sheds for aeroplanes Houses ... Belfries, churches Railway stations Windmills Factory chimneys Trees Forts Castles Columns... THE French Army has now a large corps of aviators, and as cross-country flying forms the major part of their work the need of good maps, or rather charts, showing the information necessary to aviators has been no sooner felt than steps have been taken at once to meet the need. Commandant Pollacchi, of the Geographic Ser vice of the Army, set to work, and the block which we reproduce on this page from our French contemporary, La France Automobile et Aerienne, shows a portion of the map which has been prepared of i it Watercourses Canals Lakes Marshes ... Woods ... Altitude Electric wires Dangerous landing place the district round Chalons Camp. As will be gathered from the list of the signs used, the map shows most clearly all the landmarks which would be seen by the aviator, but it is only possible to give a faint idea of these in black and white, the original being in colours. Our illustration will, however, serve to show the methods adopted in drawing up this excellent map, and it will be seen that a splendid start has been made which will doubtless be improved upon as time goes on. 373 c 2
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