<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>National atlases provide comprehensive information about nature, population, social and economic situation of the country. In 2017 the process of compiling and publishing the <italic>National Atlas of Lithuania</italic> (<italic>Lietuvos Nationalinis Atlasas</italic>) was finished. The goal of the authors is: in the context of the whole <italic>National Atlas</italic> to present a thorough analysis of the structure of content and cartographic visualization methods of Volume III. This volume focusses on social and economic phenomena in Lithuania. The authors discuss the principles of compiling the whole <italic>National Atlas of Lithuania</italic> and presents its structure in a concise manner. Following the classification of traditional mapping methods, specific examples of mapping in Volume III are presented, advantages of mapping techniques are discussed and the structural analysis of mapping methods is also conducted. The conclusions and the discussion part present the problems encountered while compiling Volume III as well as solutions to them.</p></abstract>

National atlases provide comprehensive information about nature, population, social and economic situation of the country. In 2017 the process of compiling and publishing the National Atlas of Lithuania (Lietuvos Nationalinis Atlasas) was finished. The goal of the authors is: in the context of the whole National Atlas to present a thorough analysis of the structure of content and cartographic visualization methods of Volume III. This volume focusses on social and economic phenomena in Lithuania. The authors discuss the principles of compiling the whole National Atlas of Lithuania and presents its structure in a concise manner. Following the classification of traditional mapping methods, specific examples of mapping in Volume III are presented, advantages of mapping techniques are discussed and the structural analysis of mapping methods is also conducted. The conclusions and the discussion part present the problems encountered while compiling Volume III as well as solutions to them.

The structure of Volume III of the <italic>National Atlas of Lithuania</italic> and techniques of cartographic visualization

Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics

Polish Cartographical Review

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The structure of Volume III of the  and techniques of cartographic visualization

National atlases provide comprehensive information about nature, population, social and economic situation of the country. In 2017 the process of compiling and...

The structure of Volume III of the National Atlas of Lithuania and techniques of cartographic visualization

Published Online: Aug 21, 2019

Page range: 19 - 27

Received: Oct 19, 2018

Accepted: Apr 15, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2019-0003

Keywords
national atlas, social and economic phenomena, structure of atlas, mapping methods

© 2019 Algimantas Česnulevičius et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The structure of Volume III of the National Atlas of Lithuania and techniques of cartographic visualization

Published Online: Aug 21, 2019

Page range: 19 - 27

Received: Oct 19, 2018

Accepted: Apr 15, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2019-0003

Keywordsnational atlas, social and economic phenomena, structure of atlas, mapping methods

© 2019 Algimantas Česnulevičius et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
national atlas, social and economic phenomena, structure of atlas, mapping methods