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In this paper the properties of several different types of generalized compact maps and the relations between them are analyzed in some depth. In particular, some results by \textit{L. Górniewicz} and \textit{D. Rozpłoch-Nowakowska} [Topology in nonlinear analysis, Banach Cent. Publ. 35, 207--219 (1996; Zbl 0852.55005)] are proved under somewhat weakened assumptions. In order to give a flavor of the paper's contents we state below in detail one of its main results. Let \(X\) be a Hausdorff topological space and let \(f:X\rightarrow X\) be a continuous map. We say that \(f\in \mathbb{CAC}(X)\) if there is an open set \(U\) such that: (1) \(X\subset \bigcup_{i=0}^\infty f^{-i}(U)\); (2) \(f(U)\subset U\); (3) the closure of \(f(U)\) is a compact subset of \(U\). We say that \(f\in \mathbb{CA}(X)\) if there is a compact set \(K\subset X\) such that \(X\subset \bigcup_{i=0}^\infty f^{-i}(V)\) for any neighbourhood \(V\) of \(K\); such a set \(K\) is called a compact attractor for \(f\). We say that \(f\in \mathbb{CA}^+(X)\) if the orbits \(\{f^n(x):n\geq 1\}\) of all points \(x\in X\) and the union \(J_f\) of all compact invariant sets for \(f\) are relatively compact sets. \textbf{Theorem.} The following statements are equivalent: a) \(f\in \mathbb{CAC}(X)\); b) \(f\in \mathbb{CA}(X)\) and there is an open set \(U\) satisfying (1) and (2) above such that \(f\) is locally compact on \(U\); c) \(f\in \mathbb{CA}(X)\) and \(f\) is locally compact in both \(J_f\) and a compact attractor \(K\); d) \(f\in \mathbb{CA}^+(X)\) and \(f\) is locally compact on \(J_f\). The author refers to some forthcoming papers for complete proofs of several results in the paper (including that stated before).