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NEW MAP GRAPHICS OF TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA Stanislav Frange? University of Zagreb, Faculty of Geodesy Ka?i?eva 26, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia sfranges@geodet.geof.hr Aleksandar Ton?eti? State Geodetic Administration Gru?ka 20, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Robert Paj Institute for Photogrammetry Borongajska 71, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia robert.paj@zg.tel.hr Abstract. In the Republic of Croatia, new topographic maps are just being produced, primarily at the scale of 1:25 000. The Military Topographic Map is being made for the Ministry of Defence according to the existing manual “Topographic symbols” from 1993. For civil needs, the Topographic Map is made at the scale of 1:25 000 according to the new, officially not yet adopted collection of symbols “Map Key” from 1998. The paper points out the importance of changing the map graphics of topographic maps according to the modern communication and visualisation of space. Keywords: map graphics, topographic map of Croatia 1. Introduction Larger changes in the design of map graphics start mostly with the production of new map products, however, the changes are more or less limited by the tradition, the need for harmonisation of symbols on map products in a single state and by the need for standardisation within the international frame. The map graphics has proved itself as very successfully by being easily understood and remembered, as well as by its further usage in map products which is to follow in the future leading to the so much necessary standardisation of map graphics on official maps. 2. Map graphics Map graphics is a special way of presenting spatial objects. It is a system of symbols consisting of map symbols and of mutual relationship of symbols (syntactic dimension), the relationship of symbols according to the presented objects (semantic dimension) and the relationship of a user according to the symbols (pragmatic dimension). Today the map graphics can be realised with the help of c