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ALBANIAN DEVELOPMENTS IN COMMON FIELDS 
Prof. Dr. Ergjin Samimi 
Director of the Geographic Studies Center 
Rr." Murat Toptani" Nr.11. Tirana (AL) 
Tel. & Fax 00 355 42 27985 
As. Prof. Dr. Agim Shehu 
Scientific and Technique Information and Documentation Center 
Rr."Leke Dukagjini" Nr.5 Tirana (AL) 
Commission IV, Working Group 3 
KEY WORD: Albanian Cartography today, tomorrow 
ABSTRACT 
In the history of Albanian Cartography, the 1994-th year is qualified as an epochal year. So the 
innition of the program realizing for airphotographic surveying of the Western Lowland as well as 
cadastral and urban map compiling with current technics and technology on the one hand and the 
application of the computer technology relatively sophisticated, at the Geographic Studies Center 
for the thematic maps and atlases compiling, constitute two essential stones of this epoch. The 
Albanian cartography will be developed in the future with current technics and technology, with 
ambitious tendencies to contribute in all activities of the society. 
INTRODUCTION 
In our former articles ( Samimi,1993 a. Shehu, 
1994 ) we have spoken briefly on the history of 
cartographic works revolution in Albania, from 
Antiquities until 1992. 
In 1992 with deep social-political changes in 
Albania, in favor of democratic forces, the 
cartography was facing with very important 
theoretic and practical duties solution. To realize 
this, a decisive role have played: the material- 
economical help and the assistance of Home of 
Europe' States (England, Germany, Austria, 
Italy) and U.S.A ; the serious engagement of the 
Democratic Government, the initiatives and 
interests of our specialists, etc. 
We think in the history of Albanian history of 
Cartography, the 1994- th year is qualified as an 
epochal year. So the innition of the program 
realizing for airphotographic survey of the 
Western Lowland as well as cadastral and urban 
map compiling with current technics and 
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technology on the one hand and the applicative of 
the computer technology relatively sophisticated, 
at the Geographic Studies Center for the thematic 
maps and atlases compiling, content of two 
essential stones of this epoch. The Albanian 
cartography will be developed in the future with 
current technics and technology, with ambitious 
tendencies to contribute in all activities of the 
society. 
The ever since results testify the new technology 
for cartographic aims has influences positively 
and strong in all the activities levels ofthe society, 
specially in economy, science, education, culture, 
etc. It has opened wide roads for realizing in time 
many problems which require emergent solution 
in the immediate future, when the presence of 
maps and atlases of different thematic is 
indispensable and unreplaceble. 
Such problems are: ( Samimi, 1995 b) 
- The compiling of monoplanes and exactness of 
regional plans for the universal managing and 
monitoring of the country. 
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXI, Part B4. Vienna 1996