Briefly discusses the Army Map Service functions including top level planning, top level briefing, Army Map Service missions, history, location, headquarters, complex, field offices, research, special foreign activities, surveying methods, surveying from space, mapping the moon, paintings for the NASA Lunar-Orbit Landing Approach Simulator (LOLA), Expo 67, mapping with electronics, numerical mapping, mapping in three dimensions, reproduction, distribution, product and process improvements, career opportunities, training and development opportunities. Each section is illustrated with multiple photographs.

Product Description: This illustrated book highlights the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' history from the battle of Bunker Hill to the war on terrorism; an introduction to aspects and events in engineer history. The Corps has a wealth of visual information--drawings, artwork, photographs, maps, plans, models--and this book contains a montage of historical images from the Revolutionary War to the present, in addition to many newly written articles. This new history also features an extensive index to aid in finding a specific subject, and researchers and interested individuals can be sure that they will find a solid historical perspective.