Ján PRAVDA

Cartography: the changes in structure of knowledge

Pravda, J.: Cartography: the changes in structure of knowledge. Kartografické listy, 1999, 7, 3 refs.

Abstract: The quantity and quality of cartographic knowledge has recently considerably increased and the trend continues. Besides the creativity and invention new cartographic knowledge results from interaction with other areas (scientific disciplines and social activities). Cartography at present lives the period of restructuring of its knowledge as related to important changes of technology of map creation and processing. The contribution outlines the development of the cartographic knowledge and identifies the knowledge coming from as many as from 40 areas on example of creation of land cover map.

Keywords: Development of knowledge in cartography, interdisciplinary nature of knowledge in cartograph