CHALLENGES FOR NATIONAL ATLAS-PUBLICATIONS. THE APPROACH OF THE NATIONAL ATLAS OF GERMANY.

摘要

The publication of the 12th volume of the National Atlas of Germany in 2007 set a final point to a project in which more than 600 scientists of various disciplines had taken part. Through a period 10 years, more than 2000 printed pages and more than 4000 maps and graphics had been published - on paper and on CD-Rom. For many national atlas projects laid out as long-term and large scale tasks, the publication of an editions final volume, CD or map of one edition is a point in time at which sometimes even bigger challenges then in the production process itself appear. A quick glance at some examples shows that some atlas projects have been developed steadily over decades in multiple editions where others just ran out of steam after completing their first edition.