Cartography in Croatia 2011-2015 National Report to the ICA 16th General Assembly Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015 Dražen Tutić, Miljenko Lapaine, Marina Viličić Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Official Cartography 4 2.1 Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia (HHI) 4 2.2 Croatian Geological Survey (HGI-CGS) 8 2.3 National and University Library in Zagreb (NUL) 9 2.4 Croatian State Archives (CSA) 11 2.5 Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography 20 2.6 Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies 21 2.7 Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Science 22 2.8 Emergency Management Office of the City of Zagreb 23 3 Academic Cartography 23 3.1 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Geodesy 23 3.2 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Sciences, Geography Department 26 3.3 University of Zadar, Department of Geography 27 3.4 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science 29 4 Commercial Cartography 30 4.1 Institute for Photogrammetry d.d., Zagreb 30 4.2 Croatia Control d.o.o. (HKZP) 31 4.3 VA-COPY multimedia d.o.o. 33 4.4 STEF d.o.o., Zagreb 33 4.5 Infokarta d.o.o., Split 34 5 Other Activities 34 5.1 Croatian Cartographic Society 34 6 Acknowledgements 40 7 Bibliography 2011 – 2015 41 2 Scientific Bibliography database, and other 1 Introduction sources. Croatia has been a member of the Interna- tional Cartographic Association – ICA since 1995 and one of its obligations has been to submit national reports about its carto- graphic activities to general assemblies held every four years. The bearer of these activi- ties in Croatia is the Croatian Cartographic Society. Croatia became a member of the ICA in Bar- celona in 1995, where its first national report for the period 1991– 1995 was submitted. Reports were also submitted in Ottawa in 1999 for the period 1995–1999, in Durban (Republic of South Africa) in 2003 for the period 1999–2003, in Moscow in 2007 for the period 2003–2007, and in Paris in 2011 for the period 2007–2011. This report, which covers the period 2011–2015, will be submit- ted at the General Assembly of the ICA in Rio de Janeiro in 2015. As a result of this work, Croatia has a comprehensive overview of cartographic activities in the past 20 years, i.e. since it became an independent state. The report is divided into the following sec- tions: Official Cartography, Academic Cartog- raphy, Commercial Cartography and Other Activities. The report ends with Acknowl- edgments and a Bibliography. A report such as this will never include all the activities of the preceding period. This is because not all parties responded to the invitation to collaborate. Nevertheless, the most relevant institutions and companies are represented in the report. It is the result of individual contributions, and those people are listed in the Acknowledgments. The list of references at the end of the re- port was based on data provided by collabo- rators on the report, searching the Croatian 3 nautical publications, their continuous up- 2 Official Cartography dating, the construction and production of graphic representations in nautical publica- 2.1 Hydrographic Institute of the tions, studies, and projects, as well as other Republic of Croatia (HHI) cartographic tasks. Official paper navigational and thematic charts 1. First edition http://www.hhi.hr Thematic chart No. 950 VTS – Croatian The Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Vessel Traffic Service, 1:950 000 scale, Croatia (HHI) carries out hydrographic activi- December 2014 ties of interest to the Republic of Croatia, Navigational plan Luka Gaženica (incorpo- which includes scientific and research work, rated in Chart No. 100-20), 1:10 000 scale, as well as developmental and professional July 2014 tasks relating to the safety of navigation in the Adriatic, hydrographic-geodetic surveys Navigational plan Luka Šibenik (incorporated of the Adriatic, marine geodesy, construction in Chart No. 533), 1:10 000 scale, April 2015 and production of charts and nautical publi- Navigational plan Uvala Mala Stinica (incor- cations, oceanographic research, marine porated in Chart No. 22), 1:3 000 scale, No- geology, development of information sys- vember 2012 tems, and publishing and printing tasks. 2. New edition The Institute is authorised to develop the Navigational chart No. 100-15, Grado - safety of navigation service in the Adriatic, in Rovinj, 1:100 000 scale, July 2013 compliance with the recommendations of the following organizations: Navigational chart No. 533, Šibenski kanal, 1:25 000 scale, April 2015 International Hydrographic Organization Navigational plan Rijeka – Brajdica, container (IHO) terminal, 1:5000 scale, as a component of International Maritime Organization (IMO) Chart No. 15, July 2013 International Association of Lighthouse Au- thorities (IALA), Navigational plan Luka Ždrelac, 1:7 500 scale, as a component of Chart No. 37, June and in cooperation with the Ministry of Mari- 2013 time Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Navigational plan Prolaz Mali Ždrelac, the Croatian Navy, harbour masters’ offices, 1:2 500 scale, as a component of Chart No. the ‘Plovput’ company, as well as the hydro- 37, June 2013 graphic offices and institutes of other mari- time nations worldwide. Navigational plan Split – Gradska luka, 1:5 000 scale, as a component of Chart No. According to its annual work plans, between 47, September 2014 2011 and 2015 the cartographic activity of the Hydrographic Institute comprised the Navigational chart No. 15 Rijeka (in progress) production and publishing of charts and 4 Navigational chart No. 47 Split - Kaštelanski Producing block corrections to be added zaljev (in progress) to existing charts and publications to up- date their contents. Block corrections are 3. Reprints and subsequent prints parts of cartographic representations, i.e. All other navigational charts published by extracts from charts or plans or graphic the HHI to ensure the safety of navigation in representations in publications. From the Adriatic Sea were printed according to 2011 to 2015, a total of 54 block correc- need and demand as reprints or subsequent tions were produced and published in prints with machine corrections. Notices to Mariners for the purpose of updating charts and publications. Updating the contents of previously printed official charts by means of offset printing machines or plotters. Reproducing some official computer- produced charts which are in lower de- mand using high-quality, large format plotters, according to a standard proce- dure. 5. Vectorizing the existing contents of offi- cial charts. Some official charts not produced by com- puter were subject to vectorization and computer processing, so as to improve the quality and accuracy of cartographic repre- sentation and facilitate updating and repro- duction. From 2011 to 2015, this process was applied to the production of official charts No. 100-15, 100-16, 100-17, 100-18, Thematic chart No. 950 VTS – Croatian Vessel 100-19, 100-20, 100-22, 100-24 and 100-25, Traffic Service, 1:950 000 scale, December 2014 while the production of charts No. 100-21 and 100-26 is currently in progress. 6. Conversion to the WGS84 ellipsoid 4. Continuous updating of official naviga- tional charts All the official charts of the Hydrographic Institute were constructed on the Bessel A large part of the cartographic work covers ellipsoid. Due to production technology and updating of official navigational charts, in- compliance with the requirements for con- volving the following tasks: version to the WGS84 ellipsoid according to Defining corrections for previously pub- IHO standards, constructing all these charts lished official charts, publishing these on the WGS84 ellipsoid is an important task corrections in the monthly Notices to and a must for the Hydrographic Institute. Mariners (Oglas za pomorce). Therefore, all new charts and new editions of charts are now constructed on the WGS84 5 ellipsoid. Until new editions are published, Navigational chart No. 533, Šibenski kanal, reprints continue to be constructed on the 1:25 000 scale, April 2015 Bessel ellipsoid, indicating the correction for Nautical publications the WGS84 ellipsoid. Official electronic navigational charts (ENC) 1. First edition A large part of the basic cartographic activity Adriatic Archipelago – Split sea area nau- covers updating already released ENC cells tical guide, 2012 and the production of new ENC cells within the area of competence of the Hydrographic 53 graphic representations of the Split local Institute of the Republic of Croatia. waters (extracts from charts, harbour plans, sketches, and schemes with amended and 1. Updating already released ENC cells, due updated contents) were produced. to the structure of updates, is performed through reprints or new editions. 2. New edition 2. From 2011 to 2015, new ENC cells were Sailing Directions I (HI-N-20), official navi- produced and released for the following gational handbook, 2012 areas: Šibenski Kanal, Luka Ždrelac, Luka Gaženica and Uvala Mala Stinica. Produc- Altogether, 71 graphic representations and tion and quality control for the following 81 schemes and plans of ports and harbours ENC cells is currently in progress: Luka on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea were Šibenik, Kornat - Murter, Murterski Kanal produced. and Starogradski Zaljev. INT 1 Symbols and Abbreviations Used on Altogether, 95 ENC cells have been released Charts (HI-N-15), March 2013 to date (April 2015) through the Primar dis- tribution centre (Norway). This publication was produced according to the Chart Specifications of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). List of Lights and Fog Signals, Adriatic Sea – Ionian Sea – Maltese Islands, (HI-N-10), 2014 Five graphic representations were produced, including updates to lights. Catalogue of Charts and Nautical Publica- tions (HI-N-18), 2013 22 graphic representations were produced to present the entire editorial production of the Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia. 6 Croatia area were produced to be an- nexed to the Ordinance published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia.