אטלס ישראל: מכלול מפות של ארץ-ישראל ומדינת ישראל
Israel · · 1956
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Atlases published in Israel, 1980-1989
Kolodny, Émile · 1990
This paper surveys and critically reviews the major atlases published in Israel during the decade 1980–1989. It identifies key cartographic works encompassing national, regional, urban, and historical themes. The third edition of the Atlas of Israel (1985) stands out as a comprehensive national atlas, updating physical and human geography with data from the 1983 census, featuring bilingual Hebrew-English content, and contributions from some sixty experts. Notable regional atlases include the Atlas of Haifa and Mount Carmel (1980), which examines the urban geography of Israel's third-largest conurbation and its physical setting, with particular emphasis on land use and dual central business districts, and the Atlas of the Negev (1986), which analyses settlement patterns and resource development in the semi-arid southern district. The review also highlights a proliferation of historical atlases dedicated to Jerusalem, from collections of antique maps to archaeological surveys of the city’s spatial evolution. Additional general and educational atlases, as well as serial cartographic papers, demonstrate the breadth of Israeli cartographic output during this period. The paper concludes that the 1980s represented a productive era for atlas publishing in Israel, marked by advanced thematic mapping, bilingual presentation, and a strong interdisciplinary integration of geography, history, and planning.
Atlas of Israel
D. H. K. Amiran; N. Kadmon · 1959
The Atlas of Israel, edited by D. H. K. Amiran and N. Kadmon of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, follows the tradition of national atlases initiated by Finland in 1899. Despite the country's small area of only 20,700 sq km, the extremely rapid pace of geographical change—nearly a 500% population increase, a shift from extensive to intensive irrigated agriculture, and rapid expansion of settlements and infrastructure—makes a full-scale national atlas worthwhile. The atlas employs relatively large scales (1:500,000 to 1:2,000,000) and adopts a distinctive guiding principle: time-sequence maps illustrate the development of as many geographical features as possible, using historical dates such as 1887–1953 for population and 1895–1956 for Jewish settlements. Compilation faces special problems: complex political changes in Palestine (Ottoman rule, British mandate, Jordanian and Israeli statehood), unreliable and uneven statistical sources, the location across a major aridity boundary, and the need to represent a vertical range from nearly 400 m below sea level (Dead Sea) to over 1,600 m, while preserving continuity in relief representation. The atlas contains 15 sections covering cartography, geomorphology, geology, climate, hydrology, phytogeography, zoogeography, landscape evolution, history, population, settlement, agriculture, industry and commerce, communications, and services. Published since 1956 in loose-leaf folders for easy updating, it is a dynamic cartographic record of the evolving geography of Israel and Palestine.
Cartography: Atlases
Unknown · 1964
This paper examines the unique cartographic and editorial challenges encountered in producing the first Hebrew edition of the Atlas of Israel (1964), a comprehensive work comprising 102 sheets and 720 large-scale maps. Although modeled on other national atlases, the Israeli atlas diverged significantly due to three primary factors: the country's rapid demographic and cultural transformations, its distinctive geographical position and elongated shape, and the uneven reliability of its documentary base. The most influential factor was the dramatic 600% population increase over two generations, which drove extreme changes in agriculture, economy, communication, and services. To capture this dynamism, the atlas employs time-sequence map series for most topics rather than single static representations, and includes supplementary maps to update content. Geographically, Israel's location on the arid zone boundary creates sharp north-south contrasts, with highly diverse physical, human, and economic elements in the north versus a monotonous south, compounded by varied topography over small altitude ranges. These spatial characteristics demanded specialized cartographic solutions. Finally, the area's political history under Ottoman, British, and Israeli administrations within 50 years resulted in data that differ greatly in coverage and reliability. The paper details how these interrelated problems shaped the atlas's content, design, and production.
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