Conceptual system of metacartography: the novelty of the Georgian scientific cartographic school in the theory of cartography

To date, cartography as an academic science has been reached by eight conceptual systems.These systems are map study, metacartography, cartology, graphocommunicative concept, cartonomy, cartosemiotics, geoiconics, and geoinformation concept.Among these concepts, the concept of metacartography has a Georgian origin.Its author is Georgian theoristcartographer Alexander Aslanikashvili.The concept of metacartography appeared in the late 60s and early 70s of the last century.This happened at a time when in science in general, and geography and cartography in particular, interest in questions of methodology increased.The emergence of this concept is a direct result of cartography overcoming the "executive-technical background" to eliminate contradictions with the fundamental achievements of this science in the development of theoretical issues of cartography.