정재준; 황철수 · 2017
Jeong and Hwang describe the 1989 National Atlas of Korea as an experimental publication commissioned by the National Geography Institute and prepared by the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements. It contained 77 thematic maps covering nature, industry, transport, administration, population, construction, education and social conditions; 500 copies of the 114-page B3 atlas were produced. The authors criticize its undocumented compilation standards, sources and mapping methods, its lack of explanatory text, errors in depicting Japanese and Russian borders, awkward presentation of Korea's location, and omission of general and regional base maps. They judge it deficient against international national-atlas standards and report that it was used chiefly within the institution without external distribution. They note a 1993 revision but provide no separate assessment of it.
