We have constructed the contours of constant surface density and Z hei
ght for Cepheids within 3 kpc of the sun. We used the GRAFOR software
library of Bayakovskii et al. [GRAFOR: a Graphical Extension of Fortra
n [in Russian], Nauka, Moscow (1985)], and the Cepheid distances were
taken from Berdnikov [Perem. Zvezd. 22, 505 (1987)]. Several enormous
complexes in the Carina-Sagittarius arm are sketched out; these lie ap
proximately 1 kpc from one another, with the older complex being above
the mean Galactic plane, and the younger ones on either side of it an
d slightly below the plane. We have basically confirmed the suggestion
made by Alfaro et al. [Astrophys, J. 399, 576 (1992)] that the surfac
e profile of the Galactic disk is related to the density of young clus
ters. Corrugations are observed throughout the Galactic disk even outs
ide the spiral arms, while giant stellar complexes are concentrated wi
thin the arms-especially the Car-Sgr arm-probably because it comprises
part of the Galaxy-spanning regular spiral structure.