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We live in a time when many GI specialists recommend the usage of electronic maps and atlases and will not develop traditional cartography based on paper version products. This report considers both aspects: why we are not ready to use only electronic versions of maps and atlases, and how we can improve the traditional cartography by introducing new topics and modern visualization. Several examples are given from the latest school atlases that are used in the education of geography and history in Bulgaria. Some new aspects in cartographic products and visualization were created because of the permanent changes in school curriculum and in the content of the geography and history atlases. Experiences and research in schools motivate cartographers try to improve the maps and atlases.
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Bandrova, T. (2012). Cartographic Response to Changes in Teaching Geography and History. In: Zentai, L., Reyes Nunez, J. (eds) Maps for the Future. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography(), vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19522-8_17
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