一本優質的地理教材是將地理知識地圖化，地圖內各種地理符號表現應生動且能精準地傳輸大量的地理信息。多數地理概念及地理關聯須藉助地圖顯示，才能一目了然。然在實際教學發現學生在學習區域地理的過程中捨去地圖，而就文字的背誦，究其原因爲現行地理教科書品質問題。本文主要藉由現有常用教科書地圖品質問題研討，強調區域地理教學應落實善用地圖；文中並探討九年一貫地理教學中，有關地圖使用的現狀及限制，並檢討包括：教師、書商及教育部門等改進之法，以有效提升地理教學成效，使學生樂於及善於運用地圖，並藉地圖培養學生開闊視野的能力，此亦爲我國國中地理教育面臨的新任務課題。

A well-designed geographic textbook was always using maps to illustrate geographic knowledge. Map symbols been distributed on map that can depicted the spatial patterns of geographic objects and phenomena precisely. Therefore, maps are the best tool to display and translate geographic notions and relationship of spatial environment, and they are always used for teaching assistant in regional geographic courses. But in the actual case, maps are always replaced by written words by students. It is thought that the poor-quality of maps on geographic textbook was the main reason. The purpose of this article is to discuss the teaching problems that arose by poor and irrelevant design of maps that on most adopted textbooks in regional geographic course. Besides, the efficiency of active use of maps in teaching course was also discussed. This paper aimed at the obstacles of teaching environment of geographic course that practiced under the 1-9 years series teaching program. It has found some solutions that can solve the teaching problems in the teachers, textbook producers, and educational department of government parts. The final goal of the discussion is to promote the level of geographic education and map-using ability of students in geographic course, so as to help the students to know the world of other parts from its own place by use of the tool of maps. This has also become one of the new main topics in our education reform.