Excerpts: The airphotos in this handbook were selected to show characteristics and land use in 42 resource areas in the Eastern and Southern States. Accompanying the photos of each area is a brief description of land use, climate, soils, and topography for that area. Airphotos illustrate land use patterns and terrain in five land resource regions in the Eastern and Southern United States. Aerial photographs, used with maps and descriptions, provide a comprehensive idea of how land is used. Such richly detailed photos can be viewed stereoscopically for three-dimensional study of relationships between items on the earth's surface and man's activities.