La sección cartográfica del Estado Mayor Central durante la Segunda República (1931-1936)

This paper examines the work of the Cartographical Section of the General Staff, which was the primary mapping institution of the Spanish Army during the Second Republic. We discuss the controversial thesis of the supposed stagnation of the cartographical services disseminated by the Francoist historiography, and value the scope of the military cartography reform carried out by Republican authorities. Evidence of the work done from 1931 to 1936 is given, such as the beginning of the ‘Plano Director’ at a scale of 1:25.000, and the outstanding activity of the First Division’s Topographical Section located in Madrid