地理学家在国防部(DOD)中起着重要的作用已历时多年。诚然,地理学家的正式参与,是在第一次世界大战期间,但在防御计划和战略发展中,由地理学家所作的最主要作用是在第二次世界大战中出现的。第二次世界大战期间,许多地理学家以在役和军外两种方式服务,从事地理学分析,为各级司令部的计划和作战人员所广泛应用。虽则地理学资料的来源已经变得多样化,但储存和处理却越来越自动化,分析和显示的技术越来越改进。现在在国防编 Geographers have played an important role in the Department of Defense (DOD) for many years. It is true that the official involvement of geographers was during World War I, but the most important role played by geographers in the defense planning and strategic development was that which emerged during the Second World War. During World War II, many geographers served in both military and military service, engaged in geographical analysis and were widely used by program and warfighters at all levels of command. Although the sources of geography data have become more diversified, storage and processing have become more automated, and the techniques for analysis and presentation have been improving. Now in the national defense series