La cartografia speciale e gli atlanti nazionali alle mostre del XIX Congresso Geografico Internazionale

Summary

Aldo Sestini reviews the population-map, thematic-map and national-atlas exhibitions at the 1960 International Geographical Congress in Stockholm. Nearly 30 countries supplied over 40 atlases, including completed works and samples of ongoing publications. He finds no fundamentally new population-mapping methods and stresses appropriate symbols, colours and geographical base detail. Comparing atlas coverage, execution and publication status, he recommends shared core maps with comparable subjects and representation, noting that the International Geographical Union’s National Atlases Commission appears to be working in this direction.