Analýza historického vývoje map průmyslu v českých školních atlasech

Abstract

The aim of this article is to give an overview of the historical development of the maps of industry in Czech and Czechoslovak school atlases. An expert assessment of cartographic works was used on the basis of predefined criteria, using the scaling method. These methods were complemented by a verbal evaluation and map comparison from eight school atlases. The quality of Czech maps of industry has increased substantially over the past hundred years because these maps from atlases issued in the past 20 years have achieved higher levels of compliance in all evaluated criteria of usability than those in older atlases.