C. Why still printed on paper?
At present, the basic 3-volume GeoKatalog 2 continues being available in a paper print version. The catalogue's loose-leaf system was once chosen because it allows to give priority to the revision of those area sections which are most outdated. This reason is still prevailing. It simply is not possible for one staff to keep the huge bulk of data updated in the same degree, for every area of the world. This implies that no CD, for example, could be up-to-date in all its parts; nor would an annual CD be justified economically.
Our subscribers, too, when asked in 1998 confirmed their preference of the paper-print version, with clear majority.
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