Report of the Meeting of the IGU Commission on National and Regional Atlases Leipzig

Summary

At its Leipzig meeting of 23–30 September 1974, the IGU Commission reviewed national, regional, economic-planning, and urban atlas projects, including completed Belgian and Hungarian works and atlases still being produced or planned in the GDR, Poland, Spain, and West Germany. Discussion prioritized environmental and urban mapping, greater attention to regional atlases, assistance to developing countries, and cross-border cooperation. The Commission planned to meet next in Yerevan in 1976; the reporter praised the organization but found most technical visits insufficiently detailed.