Geographia Polonica (1982) vol. 48

Maria Pelczar, Institute of Geography, Gdańsk University, Gdańsk

Joanna Plit [plitjo@twarda.pan.pl], Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00‑818 Warszawa, Poland

Kazimierz Trafas, Institute of Geography, Jagiellonian University, Cracow

Andrzej Samuel Kostrowicki, Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement du Territoire. Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Varsovie

Wojciech Jankowski, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00‑818 Warszawa, Poland

Stefania Gurba, Institute of Earth Sciences, Maria Curie-Skiodowska University, Lublin

Jerzy Kostrowicki, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00‑818 Warszawa, Poland

Franciszek Uhorczak, Institute of Earth Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin
Leszek Grzechnik, Institute of Earth Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin
Ryszard Żelasko, Institute of Earth Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin

Władysław Pawlik, Geographical Institute, Bolesław Bierut University, Wrocław

Gabriel Bonatowski, Chair of Cartography, Warsaw University, Warsaw

Abstract

Polish geographers and cartographers have recently been payingincreasing attention to the problem of basic unit area, particularly thepossibility of introducing a uniform division of the country into geometricalunits as a basis for data compilation and processing for cartographicand other purposes. This problem was often on the agenda of recentcartographic conferences, seminars, meetings of the Cartographical Commissionof the Polish Geographical Society, the Committee on GeneralCartography, and various other informal meetings of cartographers. Theneed to introduce such a division has also been voiced by some non-geographers:statisticians, economists, botanists and others. This increasinginterest in the problems of unit areas is a good opportunity to review theto-date achievements and experiences of geopraphy and cartography inthis field of research. Poles have made a valuable contribution to thesestudies. Although some of their studies are quite well known and fullydeserve to be labelled as pioneering, many others have been forgotten orare familiar only to a small group of specialists. As they are varied,numerous, and in many cases up-to-date, they deserve at least a briefdescription.

Jerzy Mościbroda, Institute of Earth Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin

Jacek Pasławski, Chair of Cartography, Warsaw University, Warsaw

Jerzy Siwek, Chair of Cartography, Warsaw University, Warsaw