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The introductory meeting concerning the prospects of international cooperation in cartography and geo-information science was held on Tuesday, 2nd of April 2024. It was attended by the representatives of the Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Geography of the Faculty of Nature History of the University of Pavol Jozef…

Over the whole valley – night. Over the water and the meadow – night. All the rocks are asleep, even the little fawn.

While humic lakes are common in northern Europe, they are rare in central Europe. And their evolution is not yet well understood in our region.

Housing price, household income, and housing stock availability influence housing affordability. The housing situation in Slovakia was discussed by our colleague – MSc. Ján Výbošťok, PhD., – in Radio Slovakia International in Slovakia Today.

We present various doctoral topics that reflect our institute’s geographical research diversity.

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the 30th anniversary of the Cartographic Society of the Slovak Republic, a special popularization publication devoted to the Children’s World Map Competition was published.

Changes in land use near the state border between Poland and Slovakia on the example of a 15.7 km long stretch of the border were analysed in an article by the team of authors Więckowski et al. (2024), of which Daniel Michniak was a part. Until 1989, the state border was a barrier to the…

The regularly published Annual Report on activities and finances for 2023 is now available on our website. This year’s report stands out in various aspects compared to previous reports. This year, we highlight the following key points: The report is available for download on the SAS website (available only in Slovak language).

GeoKARTO is organized every two years by the Cartographic Society of the Slovak Republic in cooperation with other academic institutions focusing on current issues and trends in the theory and practice of cartography, geoinformatics and geodesy. In 2024, the Institute of Geography SAS will be the main organizer of this conference. All essential information about…

The latest issue of the Geografický časopis (Geographical Journal) is freely available in the archive via the website: http://geograficky-casopis.sav.sk In the current issue you can read: