For
reliable, up-to-date information on available maps from all over the world,
GeoKatalog 2 is indispensable. It is sold to geoscientific
institutions, universities, libraries, map shops, engineers, and industry.
The catalogue was started in 1975 by Siegfried Bischoff and Fred Grupp. They continually developed and improved the catalogue until it achieved its present functional form. Since 1993, GeoKatalog 2 is published in English.
- A special geographical and thematic
classification is applied.
- All titles are given in their original spelling, non-Latin scripts
are transcribed.
- Author or editor, place and date of publication, and serial titles
always are given.
2. Easy-to-use and practical:
- All the wealth of geoscientific mapping is condensed into 1781 pages
(as of October 2005).
- The pages are divided into three files (Earth & Europe; Asia,
Australia & Africa; Americas, polar regions, oceans and Space).
- The geographical and thematic classification both apply a "speaking"
system, i.e. related terms have adjoining numbers.
- Easy access is ensured by a comprehensive index, both numerical and
by subjects, including notes for use, a list of acronyms, and a glossary.
- The index and introduction section is bilingual, English and German.
- Each item is characterized by a short/extensive bibliographical description,
correlated to the publication's importance.
- Complicated facts are focussed and clarified.
- Numerous cross-references facilitate orientation.
3. Sheet diagrams:
- All important map series have sheet diagrams showing distribution
of sheets, with numbers and/or names. The state of available sheets is
given by red colour or (from 2000) by raster.
- We often even produce our own sheet diagram where none, or none satisfactory,
is to be had from the publisher.
4. Always up-to-date:
- Twice per year an update package is published. Each package contains
c. 60 sheets of revised catalogue sections. Revisions are handled in a
pragmatic rather than chronological manner, giving priority to the more
outdated sections.
- The package is complemented by the catalogue's supplement service,
GeoKartenbrief, which has seen 353 issues to date. GeoKartenbrief (German
for: map newsletter) lists a half year's new publications from all the
catalogue's areas. So GeoKartenbrief ensures your option of updating the
catalogue, partially or completely.
- For even more currentness we publish a Monthly
Selection containing the Top Ten or so of our fresh arrivals.
"Je vous exprime toute mon admiration pour le travail unique et d'une grande utilité que vous réalisez à travers GeoKatalog 2." - P. Lannez, BRGM, Orléans
"... like to congratulate you with this achievement!" - Hans van Baren, ISRIC, Wageningen
Our subscribers, too, when asked in 1998 confirmed their preference of the paper-print version, with clear majority.