Cartographic support of scientific and production activities: terminology, modeling and communication aspects

Abstract. The paper presents the first steps towards the revision of the accumulated experience of cartographic support of scientific and production activities. The results of the bibliographic analysis of publications have shown that the term "support" is more often used as a synonym for maps themselves, thematic mapping and cartographic works for scientific and production activities. However, today, in addition to maps, users need spatial data and tools to work with them, so that geoinformation and information support related to GIScience, data science, AI, etc. are increasingly in demand. For this reason, cartographic science is faced with the task of maintaining the demand for cartographic support as a practical bridge between users and cartographers. A summarizing term is proposed that allows to consider cartographic support as a system process and activity. A conceptual model of the cartographic support system is developed. The model includes internal components – the result itself, paradigms (methods and concepts), data sources, technical means, and staff. Accordingly, the communication aspect of cartographic support is represented at the level of interactions between system’ components and at the level of human relations (dialog “industry expert – cartographer”). It is established that the state of each component generates the functions of support, influences its realization and demand for it in a certain historical period. The paper points out the need for further study of the Cartographic Support of scientific and production activities as a systemic process aimed at providing consumers with digital cartographic products and methodological tools for their use.