Luboš MAULE

Map Signs

Maule, L.: Map Signs. Kartografické listy, 2002, 10, 7 figs., 15 refs.

Abstract: Written word is in development hand in hand with language. It went from painted pictures on rocks to single alphabetic sign which put one by one were created words. And each word asociate the thing what was written in human brain. But painted signs are not disappear at all. We can say that it has been transforrnated into the unique language which is very specific especcially for maps. Every sign, dot, line, color are able to create final impress together. The language was created during the very hard and very long development and design and is universal for over the world. We can communicate through it because of its absolute versatility, it’s ideal device for explaining but only on the delimited field of human activity. Map language is composed from individual map’s signs which create huge file.

Keywords: map sign, map language