Planning the Yugoslav and Slovenian national atlases

Summary

This paper discusses the planning of the Yugoslav and Slovenian national atlases. The author first reviews the development of national and regional atlases in European countries, noting that Yugoslavia lagged behind in this field. It then details the program for the Yugoslav national atlas, developed in 1966 by the Geographical Institute of the University of Ljubljana, which proposed 82 map sheets with 187 maps covering physical and human geography. The paper also outlines the plan for a Slovenian republican atlas, proposing 96 sheets with 168 maps. The author argues that compiling national atlases is a matter of national prestige and a key way for geography to serve society and popularize scientific findings.