Foil wall map

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The (projection) film wall map (abbreviated: FOWAK) is a general geographic or thematic map that is printed on transparent plastic material (cling film) and projected onto a bright surface with the help of a projector (Polylux or Overhead) as a frontal teaching aid .
It is therefore not a cartographically designed single or multiple foil of the traditional projection foils, but a further form of use of maps using the projection foil principle as a technical basis.

As newer forms or substitute forms of wall maps, for reasons of material and time economy in production, but also for didactic considerations for teaching use, in the last decades (around 1970) in addition to single-sheet wall maps, (projection) foil maps and ( Projection) film wall maps (FOWAK) entry into school cartography.

The starting point for such a development project in the GDR was not the effort to expand the scope of the tried and tested projection film principle, but rather economic, teaching organization and didactic-methodological considerations with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of the production and use of frontal cartographic media. The foil wall map was not seen as a full equivalent, but rather as a potential replacement for the conventional wall map.

In the GDR, the (projection) film wall map (FOWAK) was primarily intended for titles with a short-term use (e.g. VR Angola or VDR Ethiopia) and for topics with greater moral wear (e.g. economy).

Foil wall maps are nowadays (2008) produced by almost all school cartographic publishers, but have different names, e.g. B. foil cards , transparent cards , large slide cards .
They are often delivered as a series in folders or as a foil book, sometimes also in combination with real photos, graphics, etc. The digital form is the throwing of images e.g. B. by a projector, which also allows zooming.

literature

  • E. Breetz: New type of projection film map (FOWAK) for geography lessons . in: Zschr. fd Erdkundeunter., H. 6/1986, pp. 219–220.
  • F. Gebhardt: Design principles for wall maps and banners . in: Wiener Schr. z. Geogr. And Kartogr., Vol. 5 (1992), pp. 242-251.
  • H.-J. Geffert: Functions and types of geographic projection film sets . in: Potsdamer Forschungen, Series C, H. 20 (1975), pp. 79-90.