S08: Multilingual names, minority names
  
 

16. What is the best way to render linguistic boundaries on maps?
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How to render uninhabited areas? With white?

From Austrian school atlas.


Dot maps give better idea of distribution of various language groups.

Krallert, A.- Weltkarte 1 : 1 Mill. (Sonderausgabe Volkstum, Blatt K34, Sofia. Wien 1943)


Comparison of a chorochromatic and a dot map presentation of the same linguistic data.
 
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