Rampant cartographic products and their applications in recent years have led to many attempts to assess the reliability and accuracy of the information they provide. Unfortunately, everytime a new dataset is imported, the map also inherits its errors.The assessment of the accuracy of the maps has never been ignored, but the scope of this concept has expanded considerably in recent years. This publication attempts to theoretically analyze and summarize the problem and some conceptual ideas regarding the definitions of map accuracy,map precision and map quality, as well as the criteria for their evaluation. In order to achieve the mentioned objectives, in this report: A New Generalized Scheme for Map USE is suggested. A New Method for Map Assessment is described based on its main characteristics: Readability, Thematic accuracy, Positional accuracy, Temporal Accuracy, and Stability of mentioned characteristics. Two Types of Evaluation Criteria are proposed: with and without weight coefficients. Experiments were conducted in order to confirm that such assessments could be made for both real and virtual maps. The assessments themselves only take a few minutes and the result thereof is useful before undertaking any further action on the development of the map. The analysis of map quality itself helps improve the map quality of new maps.
