ATLAS; "INTERPRETATION OF MULTIBAND AERIAL AND 
SPACE IMAGES (METHODS AND RESULTS)" 
Ya.L.ZIMAN, Y.F.KNIZHNIKOV, V.I.KRAVTSOVA, 
K-H YON, K-N MAREK 
Space Research Institute Academy of Sciences 
USSR, Moscow, USSR; Moscow State University, 
Moscow, USSR; Central Institute of Earth 
Physics, Academy of Sciences GDR, Berlin, GDR. 
ABSTRACT 
The atlas of space images and maps is prepared jointly 
by the experts of the Soviet Union and GDR under the auspices of 
the "Intercosmos" programme, It is compiled according to the 
interpretation results of images, taken by the MKF — 6 camera 
from the "SOYUS-22" spaceship and covering naturally diverse 
areas of the USSR and GDR, which included the coast of the Baltic 
sea, the central part of GDR, the North-eastern Caspian, the 
Southern Baikal region, Central Yakutia, South-east Kazakhstan 
and Central Asia, 
The Atlas presents image application in the following 
fields of geographical studes and thematic mapping: shallow water 
studies - tectonic strusture, bottom landforms, bottom sediments, 
underwater vegetation, underwater landscapes; landform studies - 
tectonic structure, geomorphology; glaciological and hydrological 
studies - the study of glaciation, thermokarst relief, channel 
processes, pollution of water bodies by river flow discharge; 
the study and mapping of soil-vegetation cover and landscapes- 
vegetation of arid areas, south-taiga, north-taiga mountain 
forests, arid and mountain taiga; agricultural studies - the 
mapping of land use and crops; the study of populated places and 
their systems; the study of anthropogenic impact upon the natural 
environment and conservation. 
The Atlas is published on the polygraphic basis of GDR 
in three languages - Russian, German, English. 
Multiband space photography is being steadily put into 
effect, emerging as one of the most efficient methods of space 
exploration of the Earth. The wide applicational scope of this 
method is revealed in the atlas of space images and maps "Inter- 
pretation of multiband aerial and space images", prepared jointly 
by the specialists of the Soviet Union and GDR in compliance with 
the interstate agreement between the USSR and GDR and according 
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