<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Three essential periods may be singled out in the development of cartography as a science:1. From the beginning of the last century to the mid-sixties is the period of development of cartography as a distinct science.2. The period dating from the mid-sixties till the eighties is the golden age of development of theoretical cartography with special amplification of discussions on the subject of the theoretical fundamentals of cartography. At the end of the former period and at the beginning of the latter, cartography finally distinguished itself as an independent science. In 1959, the International Cartographic Association was founded. In 1961, the International Yearbook of Cartography was published for the first time and beginning in 1969, Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny (the Polish Cartographic Review). A year earlier, Komisja Kartograficzna Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego (the Cartographic Commission of the Polish Geographical Society) was established.3. Since the mid-eighties, and even somewhat earlier, use of new IT technologies, especially interest in the map as an element of geographic information systems, has become the dominating trend in cartography.</abstract>

Three essential periods may be singled out in the development of cartography as a science:1. From the beginning of the last century to the mid-sixties is the period of development of cartography as a distinct science.2. The period dating from the mid-sixties till the eighties is the golden age of development of theoretical cartography with special amplification of discussions on the subject of the theoretical fundamentals of cartography. At the end of the former period and at the beginning of the latter, cartography finally distinguished itself as an independent science. In 1959, the International Cartographic Association was founded. In 1961, the International Yearbook of Cartography was published for the first time and beginning in 1969, Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny (the Polish Cartographic Review). A year earlier, Komisja Kartograficzna Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego (the Cartographic Commission of the Polish Geographical Society) was established.3. Since the mid-eighties, and even somewhat earlier, use of new IT technologies, especially interest in the map as an element of geographic information systems, has become the dominating trend in cartography.

Stages of Development of Cartography as a Science

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies – Chair of Cartography

Miscellanea Geographica

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Three essential periods may be singled out in the development of cartography as a science:1. From the beginning of the last century to the mid-sixties is the...

Stages of Development of Cartography as a Science

Published Online: Nov 25, 2018

Page range: 267 - 276

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2008-0027

Keywords
cartography, history of science

© 2008 Wiesław Ostrowski, published by Sciendo

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

Stages of Development of Cartography as a Science

Published Online: Nov 25, 2018

Page range: 267 - 276

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2008-0027

Keywordscartography, history of science

© 2008 Wiesław Ostrowski, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
cartography, history of science