THE MODERN STAGE OF PRIVATE
CARTOGRAPHY IN RUSSIA
Artemyev Yu.
First Russian Private Cartographic Editing House “Karta”, St.-Petersburg, Russia
A private cartography of new Russia
is 19 years old. It was born in a years of “perestroyka”. During a period of
its existence some main spheres of its interest were defined: tourism
cartography, road mapping, GIS-developments and some others. The last years of private cartography were the years of self improving, and
leads to the highest achievements in national cartography. Private
cartography is distinguished by some features: modern technologies, dynamics in
administration, well thought out mastering of the markets, high salary and not
large staff of companies. The indexes of economic development of the leading
national private companies make an impression. The products of private Russian
cartographic publishers are well known abroad: the largest Russian companies
are annual participants of Frankfurt Buchmesse and IMTA (International Map
Trade Association).Today the cartographic portrait of new Russia is formed by
private cartography; the specialists of private cartography make a contribution
in development on national science, participate in a work and sponsoring of
different international science conferences on cartography problems.