<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Different approaches to the adaptation of foreign geographical atlases, making an effort of classification, against a background of the intensive activity of Polish publishers in the scope of adaptation of these atlases during the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty first century have been discussed in this article. Moreover the usefulness and correctness of the adapted publications as well as the fundamental problems connected with the use of Polish geographical names have been discussed from the point of view of a Polish user; also the problems related to the layout, range of content and scope of symbolism expected by a Polish user have been discussed.</p></abstract>

Different approaches to the adaptation of foreign geographical atlases, making an effort of classification, against a background of the intensive activity of Polish publishers in the scope of adaptation of these atlases during the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty first century have been discussed in this article. Moreover the usefulness and correctness of the adapted publications as well as the fundamental problems connected with the use of Polish geographical names have been discussed from the point of view of a Polish user; also the problems related to the layout, range of content and scope of symbolism expected by a Polish user have been discussed.

Polish adaptation of foreign geographical atlases for general use at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries

Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, Warsaw

Department of Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing University of Warsaw

Polish Cartographical Review

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Different approaches to the adaptation of foreign geographical atlases, making an effort of classification, against a background of the intensive activity of...

Polish adaptation of foreign geographical atlases for general use at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 77 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pcr-2015-0009

Keywords
geographical atlas, copyright license, adaptation of atlases, geographical names

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Polish adaptation of foreign geographical atlases for general use at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 77 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pcr-2015-0009

Keywordsgeographical atlas, copyright license, adaptation of atlases, geographical names

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
geographical atlas, copyright license, adaptation of atlases, geographical names