Concept of a Map of the natural-cultural heritage of Poland 1:50 000

Po określeniu pojęcia dziedzictwa przyrodniczo-kulturowego i przedstawieniu problemu redakcji mapy na podkładzie nowej Mapy topograficznej Polski 1:50 000, omówiono koncepcję treści Mapy dziedzictwa przyrodniczo-kulturowego Polski 1:50 000. Szczegółowo scharakteryzowano poszczególne wyróżnienia dziedzictwa przyrodniczego i dziedzictwa kulturowego oraz wskazano możliwości wykorzystania mapy.The authors describe a concept of contents of a Map of the natural-cultural heritage of Poland 1:50 000. First they define the notion of natural-cultural heritage, and then characterize particular distinctions of natiral heritage and those of cultural heritage. They also indicate possible uses for such a map. The contents of Map of the heritage comprises the objects of heritage, i.e. the most valuable elements of geographic environment. In the case of natural elements of environment we can talk of "natural heritage ", that is the object and areas of exceptional aesthetic value, examples of ecological and biologic processes, as well as traces of important events in the Earth's history. In the case of objects and phenomena resulting from material and immaterial human activities, we can talk of "cultural heritage". Map of the heritage is drawn on a bases of a new Topographic map of Poland 1:50 000, with which the overprinted graphic symbols have to agree. It was assumed that the map should be accessible to general, nonspecialist public, therefore the legend distinctions should be comprehensible for any reader with at least secondary education. Map's contents is divided into two groups. The first group, "Natural heritage (fig.1) contains three topic categories: - environment protection - didactic stands - degradation of the natural environment The second group, "Cultural heritage (fig. 3) is divided as follows: - major archeological sites - historic sites - major events and non-existent objects Map of the heritage also includes elements of tourist infrastructure (fig. 2). Additionally, a hypsometric sketch has been included, with physico-geographical regionalization of the presented area (fig. 5). The map could be used in many fields, especially regional planning, education, tourism and promotion of "little homelands". Rich contents and the scale of presentation mean that the reader would gain access to previously unavailable information