U radu se sažeto prikazuju mogućnosti uporabe geografskog informacijskog
sustava (GIS-a) u etnolingvističkim istraživanjima, konkretno u lingvističkoj
geografiji i etnološkoj kartografiji. Sažeto se objašnjava uloga GIS-a kao računalnog
alata za kartografiranje prostornih i neprostornih, odnosno etnografskih
i jezičnih podataka. Opisuju se način i kriteriji odabira punktova za izradbu zemljovida
Hrvatske koji svojom mrežom punktova pruža mogućnosti oglednoga
kartografskog prikaza hrvatske etnojezične raznolikosti.This paper concisely explains the possibilities of using a geographic
information system (GIS) in ethnolinguistic research, specifically in linguistic
geography and ethnological cartography. The role of a GIS as a software tool
for the mapping of spatial and non-spatial ethnographic and linguistic data is
pointed out. The authors explain the different criteria for selecting network points
in developing a representative map of Croatia that would provide opportunities
for exemplary cartographic representation of Croatian ethnolinguistic diversity.
Although both linguistic geography and ethnological cartography in Croatia have
long and fruitful traditions, no attempt to integrate and compare data collected
within these two disciplines has been attempted in Croatia so far, unlike in other
European countries. Therefore, in this regard our ethnolinguistic atlas of Croatia
indisputably represents an innovation
