military maps
Strategic terrain diagrams
Military maps are specialized maps designed for armed forces operations, showing terrain, elevation, strategic features, and tactical information essential for planning and conducting warfare.
They typically include detailed topography, grid coordinates, and symbols for roads, fortifications, and obstacles: The commander studied the military maps before ordering the advance.
The term also covers classified maps showing troop positions, supply routes, or enemy installations.
- ridgelinesMountain top edges
- battle plansMilitary operation designs
- fog of warUncertainty in combat situations
- contour linesLines joining equal elevations
- defensive linesProtective military formations
no man's land · kill zone · road networks · troop movements · satellite imagery · terrain analysis · air corridors · reconnaissance · elevation profiles · staging areas · drop zone · ground zero · theater of operations · map symbols · legend · evacuation routes · navigation charts · command posts
- Chinese mapsriver maps, grid system
- Soviet mapsSoviet republics, Soviet era, Leningrad, regional maps, political maps
- Geographic Mapstopographic maps, political maps, physical maps, regional maps, elevation maps
- mapsroad map, world map, atlases, street map, regional map
- cartographymaps, world map, atlas, globes, cartographers
- Korean historyJoseon dynasty, Three Kingdoms, DMZ, demilitarized zone, Korean DMZ
military mapstourist maps
Navigational aids for travelers
tourist guides · travel guides · road atlases · hiking maps · road maps