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tive example being E. G. R. Taylor's 'Air age world map' 

 (1945). 



This rapid review of modern 'special' atlases has indicated 

 some of the types of maps now being produced. Mention should 

 also be made of others not classifiable as atlases. There are 

 for example the sheets on the scale of one inch to one mile 

 published by the Land Use Survey of Great Britain. This 

 survey was initiated by Professor Dudley Stamp in 1930 "to 

 determine the present use of every acre" of the country. The 

 results are published on the basis of the Ordnance Survey 

 One Inch map in seven colours, differentiating forest and 

 woodland, meadow and permanent grass, arable, heathland, 

 orchards, gardens, etc., and agriculturally unproductive land. 

 The value of such a survey was demonstrated during the war, 

 and it inspired and assisted much similar work in connexion 

 with regional planning. Work based on the International 

 Million map has already been noted: to this may be added the 

 Ordnance Survey Period Maps of Britain, which now range 

 from prehistoric times to the seventeenth century. Also notable 

 are the maps being issued by the American Geographical 

 Society, which will eventually form an 'Atlas of Disease'. 



For its representation of relief and its lettering, the map 

 of Europe and the Middle East, produced by the Royal 

 Geographical Society for the British Council, is worthy of 

 study. 



It is true to say, therefore, that a new 'reformation of 

 cartography' is now in progress. In each department of map 

 making, from the field to the printing machines, new tech- 

 niques are being applied. The sphere open to the cartographer 

 has also widened immensely. Efforts have been made, especially 

 during the last war, to develop an understanding among the 

 public of the value and the limitations of the map. Many 

 problems, however, remain to be solved before the final 

 chapter in the history of cartography is written. 



