The palaeogeographic map is a graphic representation of physical geographical character-istics in geological history periods and human history periods. It is the most important result of palaeogeographic study. The author, as the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Palaeogeography, Chinese Edition and English Edition, aimed at the problems of the articles submitted to and published in the Journal of Palaeogeography in recent years and the relevant papers and books of others, and integrated with his practice of palaeogeographic study and mapping, wrote this paper. The content mainly includes the data of palaeogeographic mapping, the prob-lems of palaeogeographic mapping method, the “Single factor analysis and multifactor comprehensive mapping method -- Methodology of quantitative lithofacies palae-ogeography”, i.e., the“4 steps mapping method”, the nomenclature of each palaeogeographic unit in palaeogeographic map, the explanation of each palaeogeographic unit in palae-ogeographic map, the explanation of significance of palaeogeographic map and palae-ogeographic article, the evaluative standards of palaeogeographic map and palaeogeographic article, and the self-evaluation. Criticisms and corrections are welcome.
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