über die konzeptionelle Bewegung in der Kartographie [On cartography's conceptual movement]

Presented in the form of a discussion, this paper tries, firstly, to depict some conceptual designs, activities and perspectives of modern cartography. Secondly, "metacartosemiotics" shall be introduced as a new concept that implies various changes in the range of theoretical cartography. These changes are of both methodical and methodological kind and allow us to outline an evolutionary geo-communicational framework of cartographic theory.