MAP FOR TOURISTS AND FOREIGNERS IN GERMAN, FRENCH, CYRILLIC AND LATIN FROM 1909-CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THEMATIC CARTOGRAPHY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Abstract

The areas around cities have always been of interest for hikers, travelers and adventurers. The development of tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina occured slowly over time, (maybe it's continuing to be so even today) so the supporting facilities of tourist activities are very rare. Bosanskohercegovački Travel Club issued the first tourist map of the surrounding area of Sarajevo called "Map for tourists and foreigners," which was published in 1909, which is the main subject of this paper.The methods used in this paper are method of analysis of cartographic elements of the map, its composition, aesthetics, metricism et al., which show that these are tourist contents existed in the area of Sarajevo, and it (the content of the map) is thoroughly analyzed. Aim of this study is to introduce, if not the oldest, then one of the oldest, tourist maps of Sarajevo, which by its content and accuracy, indicates how then, just as today, the basic postulate tourist map can be a kind of cadastre, or base of spatial temporal data, which make predispositions, and the document for the development of tourism.On thematic tourist maps by selecting the appropriate means and methods of cartographic expression, through the application of the basic properties of the map, especially measurability, accuracy, integrity and aesthetics, it makes the map usable for tourist-users, and the means and methods of his stay in a destination, what Map for tourists and foreigners from 1909 certainly is.