정재준; 황철수 · 2017
In their account of Korea's national-atlas development, Jeong Jae-joon and Hwang Chul Sue describe the 2007 National Atlas of Korea as a project commissioned by the National Geographic Information Institute and undertaken by the Korean Geographical Society in 2006–2007. They connect its initiation to the 2005 Dokdo dispute and the government's aim of supplying official information on territory, boundaries and standardized geographical names. The 297-page atlas appeared in Korean and English, with 1,500 copies of each, and contained about 250 thematic and general maps covering five major subject areas and changes mainly during 1990–2005. About 70 scholars and more than 50 government ministries and agencies participated. The authors describe GIS-based thematic-map production, explanatory texts and an accompanying CD containing statistical spreadsheets and an e-book. They judge its editorial structure and mapping techniques to follow international standards, while noting that the single-volume format restricted content, the large size reduced portability and the print run limited distribution. They explain that selected content was re-edited into a smaller English edition in 2009, with 20,000 copies distributed worldwide.
