Experience of Transport Mapping of the Baikal Region as the Basis for Creating a Database for an Atlas Information System of Asian Russia

An important tool for solving currently relevant problems of the socioeconomic development of a country and its regions is thematic maps, published both independently and as parts of atlases. Studying the features of transport development, as one of the key sectors of the economy, is intended to help in researching the problems of optimal, economically balanced development of the country. In this regard, the comprehensive transport mapping of Asian Russia is a relevant task. This article provides an overview of key semantic parameters used in the transport mapping of large regions and entire countries. Currently, efforts to create and update a database, as well as creating some layers of transport maps, are underway for Asian Russia. The developed mapping of Asian Russia relies on the previously created transportation database from the atlas information system of the Baikal region. The article describes the completed transport maps for the Baikal region, to be used as the basis for creating a database of an information system for Asian Russia. The major semantic layers that were used in transport mapping are considered in detail. The types of maps planned to be created for the territory of Asian Russia, as well as the semantic characteristics to be used in their creation, are described.