Geography Reference
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Fig. 1 Timeline for compilation of the Atlas of special educational centres (SECs) in the Czech
Republic:
1
—preparation of data collection, database and web form;
2
—pilot data collection;
3
—
content optimization for data collection, editing web form;
4
—data collection about services of
SECs;
5
—data collection about infrastructure of SECs;
6
—sample preparation of maps;
7
—
preparation of atlas model;
8
—consultations among cartographers and the target group;
9
—data
processing of data collection;
10
—preparation for atlas production
it is able to compile the cartographic atlas project
it is able to manage a large team of authors consisting of experts in atlas content
and cartographers
it is able to provide a technological solution for the atlas and its publishing
it has experience with previous atlas projects
...
there is a guarantee of sustainability atlas
It means that the authority will assume full responsibility for the atlas topicality in
the sense of the content (actual data supplementing) and technology (transferring to
new storage media). The question is what sources of funding will cover the
sustainability. It usually has been provided by guaranteeing authority.
•
there are available time and money to compile the atlas
The above mentioned prerequisites have to be preserved throughout the compila-
tion process of the atlas, i. e. from the planning stage to the distribution stage of the
atlas, which might last 2 years, but even 7 years. The financial assuring of the
project includes the costs of human resources (thematicians, cartographers, ICT
specialists, GIS experts, economists, lawyers, graphic designers, reviewers, trans-
lators, managers, etc.), the cost of data sources (purchase of existing data, conver-
sion of existing data, acquisition of new data) and the cost on the production of the
atlas (the atlas topic—typographical, printing and bookbinding, the digital atlas—
storage, security, availability, transmission rate) (Fig.
1
).
...
Thematic, Territorial and Temporal Aspects
Generally, Keates (
1989
) highlighted that one could discern atlases by its scale,
topic, and target audience. Just as every thematic map a thematic atlas is specified
by theme, space/territory and time. Each of these specifications determines the
