In this article, we review the classifications of thematic cartography methods and propose a new universal classification system, putting a special emphasis on the hierarchisation and logical structure. Basic groups of thematic cartography methods are defined as follows: (1) value-by-size/count, (2) value-by-colour, (3) dot density maps, (4) surfaces and (5) cartograms, with a further detailed classification. In the second part, we apply the proposed classification system on the evaluation of thematic cartography methods in five Czech and Slovak national atlases published throughout nearly a century. Our results show that the lowest number of methods was used in the oldest atlas (published in 1935), while the highest number of methods was used in the atlases from the years 1966 and 1980. The newest national atlases (published in 2002 and 2010) use a relatively low number of methods. The maps of the newest atlases are also simpler, and they contain a generally low amount of ascertainable information.

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专题制图方法的层次分类及其在捷克和斯洛伐克国家地图集评价中的应用的建议

在本文中，我们回顾了专题制图方法的分类，并提出了一个新的通用分类系统，特别强调了层次结构和逻辑结构。专题制图方法的基本组定义如下：(1) 按大小/计数值，(2) 按颜色值，(3) 点密度图，(4) 表面和 (5) 制图，具有进一步细化分类。在第二部分中，我们将建议的分类系统应用于评估近一个世纪以来出版的五个捷克和斯洛伐克国家地图集的专题制图方法。我们的结果表明，在最古老的地图集（出版于 1935 年）中使用的方法数量最少，而在 1966 年和 1980 年的地图集中使用的方法数量最多。最新的国家地图集（2002 年和 2010 年出版）使用的方法数量相对较少。最新地图集的地图也更简单，它们包含的可确定信息量通常很少。