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Cartographic Disinformation

There are numerous example of cartographic disinformation as well. These usually occurred when map-makers wanted to mislead military planners from potential adversaries. For example, during the

Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

File:Kulyab-Soviet.jpg

Map produced by the Soviets. Source: Главное Управлние Геодезии и Картографии, При Совете Министро СССР, Title: Кулябская и Кургар-Тюбинская Области, Sheet: T-10930, Scale: 1:400,000, Date: 1982

File:Kulyab-AMS.jpg

Map produced by the Army Map Service (AMS). Source: Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, Title: Kulyab, Series: N502, Sheet: NJ 42-11, Scale: 1:250,000, Date: 1952

File:Kulyab-AMS-overlay.jpg

The green lines indicate roads that are shown on the Soviet map, but not on the map produced by the Army Map Service (AMS). Source: Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, Title: Kulyab, Series: N502, Sheet: NJ 42-11, Scale: 1:250,000, Date: 1952

File:Kulyab-Soviet-overlay.jpg

The green lines indicate roads that are shown on the map produced by the Army Map Service (AMS), but not on the Soviet map. Source: Главное Управлние Геодезии и Картографии, При Совете Министро СССР, Title: Кулябская и Кургар-Тюбинская Области, Sheet: T-10930, Scale: 1:400,000, Date: 1982