The effect of terrain maps on the military

From the information below we will learn that terrain maps is essential to us

in certain situation. And I will also tell you the way to download the terrain

maps you need. Just keep reading.

Topographic map is accordance with some methods of projection and certain

proportion and the provisions of symbols, draw the existing terrain mapping

graphics on the plane. It is usually greater than 1:1,000,000 scale . It is

different from the flip chart and tour maps, terrain map is an important tool for

military commanders at all levels of combat operations , but also the guide for

general cadres and soldiers on the march, someone claimed it is the

commander 's "eyes ."

Military war, always inseparable from the map. Someone regard the map as "

common language of cooperative combat", "Army Eyes" and so on. These vivid

metaphor demonstrates the important role of maps in the army in combat

operations .

The role of Map of in the military , long ago has already valued by military

commanders . Not only have reviewed theoretical , but also typical example .It

is mentioned in the ancient "Guanzi " (a book from China), when planning

combat operations , the first step is to study and analyze the terrain on the

map , find out where the rugged terrain , where the river is not convenient for

vehicle, where there is high ground, valleys , plains, hills and towns and villages

in what position , and then decide combat operations ; only in this way can

solve problems in different situations, making good use of the favorable

conditions of the terrain . This is the role of the map .

From the amount of modern warfare perspective, during World War II , U.S.

and British forces in the North African campaign, there were only two infantry

divisions, one armored division , two infantry brigades , and eight groups, only

about 100,000 seven thousand people in total, they use more than one

thousand kinds of maps , the number of ten million copies ( about two hundred

tons weight ) . The Anglo-American coalition forces during But during the Battle

of Normandy , five thousand naval vessels , aircraft nearly five thousand, about

200 million people, they used nearly three thousand different kinds of

maps,( about fourteen hundred tons weight ) . When the U.S. military

aggression in Korea , the first month of the war , only four divisions landed

entered the war, they used about ten million maps which is more than the First

World War .

Now you must know the maps play the role in our life. Not only in our personal

life, but also involved in our country, our nation.

If you are curious to know the way to download the terrain maps to your hard

disk, you come to the right place. There are only few steps to finish it.

Step one: Just download the Maps Downloader For Google Terrain, and then

launch it. Here is the screen shot of it:

Step two: Choose any regions you want to download and then double click the

left mouse and everything will be finished.

For the detailed steps you can visit the official website at :

http://www.arceyessoft.com/bbs/forum.php