This article presents cartographic teaching materials used in two different periods: the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the 2020s. During the first period examined, the works of Blaž Kocen (also Blasius Kozenn) laid the foundations of school cartography in the Habsburg Monarchy. The most highly valued among them in central Europe were his atlases, which have the longest tradition of publishing in the world. In the second period, technological development and the COVID-19 pandemic laid the foundations for a faster transition to digital approaches to teaching. This article examines the use of maps, atlases, and textbooks by Slovenian geography teachers to determine whether modern (digital) teaching materials have replaced or will replace the traditional (paper) ones. It was established that the use of printed cartographic materials continues to predominate in geography teaching, which indirectly preserves the importance of Kocen’s pioneering and visionary work.Namen članka je predstaviti kartografska učila dveh obdobij: v drugi polovici 19. stoletja in na začetku 21. stoletja. V prvem obdobju je Blaž Kocen s svojimi deli postavil didaktične temelje šolske kartografije na območju habsburške monarhije. V Srednji Evropi so bili strokovno najbolj cenjeni njegovi geografski atlasi, ki imajo najdaljšo tradicijo izhajanja na svetu. V drugem obdobju pa sta tehnični razvoj in pandemija postavila temelje za hitrejši prehod na digitalne didaktične pristope. V raziskavi smo preučili uporabo zemljevidov, atlasov in učbenikov pri slovenskih učiteljih geografije ter ugotavljali ali so oziroma bodo sodobna (digitalna) učila zamenjala klasične (papirne). Ugotovili smo, da pri pouku geografije še vedno prevladuje uporaba tiskanih kartografskih učil, s čimer se posledično ohranja pionirski in vizionarski pomen Kocenovega dela