APPLICATION OF STRUCTURAL-GRAPHICAL AND GIS-MODELING IN CARTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
APPLICATION OF STRUCTURAL-GRAPHICAL AND GIS-MODELING IN CARTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

Summary/Abstract: Structural-graphic modeling is considered: concept, connections, classification and application in cartographic research. The principles of modeling in cartography (the possibility of using maps using common epistemological categories; the use of general scientific methods of modeling and rational forms and variants of contacts with other types of modeling; the etymology of the term indicates the place of cartographic modeling as a means of research in the general system of cognition). The functions of structural-graphical modeling are defined. Functions of structural and graphical modeling are determined, and they are investigated, which allow: to carry out selection of existing maps necessary for research; identify elements of systems that have not yet been mapped; determine the topic of maps and their placement within the complex cartographic works; use maps of other elements of the system when creating a series of maps of each specific element; ensure that the maps of this element are those of other elements; change the complex maps and their groups; determine the main columns of tables for collecting information in relational or electronic databases; identify sections of map legends; present legends in the form of graphical link models of lower-ranking system elements.

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