SPECIFIC METHODOLOGICAL FEATURES OF CARTOGRAPHIC SUPPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF NATURE PROTECTION AREAS IN RUSSIA

Abstract

Complex system of cartographic support of the activities of nature protection areas (NPA) is discussed as a particular functional line of thematic mapping which represents applied aspects and regularities of relations in the nature-society system by techniques of cartographic imaging and modeling. The theoretical concept is stated, a principal scheme of the cartographic support of NPA activities is suggested which is a basis for the classification of cartographic materials necessary for different categories of NPA. The structure and content of principal cartographic blocks supporting different types of NPA activities are described; the techniques of presenting materials for different types of activities and categories of NPA users are demonstrated.