Karte und Kroki

This compact volume opens a clear window onto the art of map‑making, laying out the basics of surveying without demanding more than a school‑level grasp of mathematics. It walks listeners through the essential steps—establishing baselines, measuring distances, angles and modest height differences—using straightforward tools that were commonplace in the early twentieth‑century field office. Illustrated with dozens of diagrams, the guide shows how even simple measurements can combine to produce reliable, scaled representations of terrain.

The second section shifts to the craft of sketching, or “kroki,” teaching how to translate raw data into accurate, readable drawings. Drawing on the author’s own experience as a surveying officer and a series of instructional lectures, the book offers practical tips for creating quick field sketches that preserve key geographic details. Listeners will come away with a hands‑on appreciation for the balance of precision and intuition that underpins both traditional cartography and today’s visual‑analysis techniques.