Ethnic Maps as a Politically Sensitive Issue

Ethnic maps have regained importance and are again frequently published, due to an increase in ethnic consciousness, many conflicts the attempts of young states particularly eastern Europe present themselves as nation by maps. Questions their methodology, how suitable individual ethno-cartographic methods depict certain structures whether they applied correctly or not therefore on agenda cartography a formal science. This paper investigates suitability main (areal method, dot spread diagram method) render structures.