Abstract:Abridging mult-scale maps which showing present conditon of land utilization is to registrate topographical maps and land type maps with multi-scale together, thus, relative locations of landscapes, ground objects and land types can keep uniform, and each element is classified definitely with complete attibutions. Through abridging multi-scale maps which showing present condition of land utiliztion in Nanjing city, it is regarded that it is very effective in abridging landscape maps and multi-scale maps showing present condition of land utilization by using combination of GIS and traditional mapping method.