Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract

Geographic map is the most important means of working, and in a sense, the handy tool of geographer, and as it is clear to all, for more than half a century most (if not all) geographic maps related to Iran have been prepared by the Geographic Bureau of the Army, which later gained legal status as National Geographic Organization (1968), and which is today called Geographic Organization of Armed Forces. Hence, this organization should be considered as the most important factor in the progress of geographic studies and research, especially in the regions around the country. The great geographic service of this organization in the field of surveying and cartography has wide and varied dimensions.

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