Abstract: The compilation of land type map is a more complicatedly systematical work.According to the author’s experience of compilation practice,taking the land type map of the North-west Jilin Province as an example,some problems on compilation method were discussed in this paper. 1.Basic contents of the land type map--cartographic classification of land types:Here 15 land groups,27 subgroups and 77 land families were divided into in this catographic area,in which land family is basic unit. 2.Representation method and colour design:In order to represent the three levels of land type above,the qualitative base method combining colour with symbols was adopted.Colour designed expresses both the action of geomorphologic factors and mirrors the effect of water and heat on land types. 3.Compilation method:Based on the specific conditions of information in the cartographic area,the methods of indoors synthetical analysis of cartographic informations and integration with field observation and examination were used in the compilation. The basic works consist of three steps: 1.Indoors synthetically analysing and using cartographic information, such as interpreting and utilising Landsat image,piling and utilising thematic maps,and analysing and utilising topographic maps etc. 2.carting out sample survey in field work. 3.drawing up compilation principle and procedure.