NAME: TIKUNOV Vladimir Sergeevich
Jun.1991: Full Professor MSU
to present
Jun. 1995 Head of Laboratory of Integrated Mapping
to present
Dec. 2004 Head of Laboratory of Sustainable Development of Territories
to present
CURRENT INVOLVEMENT:
Academician of RussianAcademy of Natural Sciences
Vice-President of International Cartographic Association
Member of Editorial Boards: "Vestnik Mosk. un-ta. Geogr.", “Regional Environmental Problems”, "Geodezy and Cartography", "Geographical Systems. The International Journal of Geo- graphical Information, Analysis, Theory and Decision",
"GeoInformatica. An International Journal on Advances of Computer Science for Geographic Information Syatems".
PUBLICATION (more than 450)
BOOKS (14): last ones -
1.Diakonov K.N.,KasimovN.S.,Tikunov V.S. (1996) Modern methods of geographical investigations.- Moscow, 207p. (in Russian)
2. Tikunov V.S. (1997) Classifications in Geography: Renaissance or Fading? (The Experience of Formal Classifications). Moscow-Smolensk, 367 p. (in Russian)
3. Tikunov V.S. (1997) Modelling in Cartography. Moscow, MoscowUniv. Press., 405 p. (in Russian).
4. Gusein-Zade S.M., Tikunov V.S. (1999) Anamorphosises: what is it?. Moscow, URSS Publisher House, 168 p. (in Russian).
5. Tikunov V.S., Tsapyk D.A. (1999) Sustainable Development of Territories: Cartographic and Geoinformation Support. Moscow-Smolensk, 176 p. (in Russian)
6. Kapralov E.G., Koshkariov A.V., Tikunov V.S. et al. (2004) Basic of Geoinformatics. Moscow, Academia Publisher House, Vol. 1 - 352p.; Vol. 2 – 480p. (in Russian).
7. Kapralov E.G., Koshkariov A.V., Tikunov V.S. et al. (2005) Geoinformatics. Moscow, Academia Publisher House, 480p. (in Russian).
8. Kapralov E.G., Tikunov V.S., Zavarzin A.V. et al. (2005) Collection of Propositions and Exercises in Geoinformatics. Moscow, Academia Publisher House, 560 p. (in Russian).
SCIENTIFIC SKETCH
Vladimir S.Tikunov is a specialist of cartography and geoinformatics. He published more than 450 articles including 14 monographs and textbooks in Russia and abroad (Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, S. Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan, UAE, USA - in Russian, English, French, German, Italian, Armenian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Korean, Chinese, Arabic and Japanese languages). His current interests are mathematical-cartographic modeling, geoinformatics, applied mapping, sustainable development.
NEW SERIES OF SCHOOL GEOGRAPHIC ATLASES AND MAPS
V.S.Tikunov, M.N.Gubanov, N.M.Kiselyova, E.C.Nokelajnen, N.N.Talskaja, L.F.Janvareva
M.V.LomonosovMoscowStateUniversity
System of teaching geography cartographical provision at school includes a row of aids: wall maps, complex atlases, globes, cartographical illustrations in textbooks. Comprehension of geographical situation in all variety of natural, social and economic, demographic and ecological processes developing in it and the phenomena are impossible without the cartographic information. Among the listed aids, the special place is occupied by complex geographical atlases. The significant volume of the information is concentrated in them promoting more successful assimilation by pupils of geographical knowledge.
Complex Map-making Research Laboratory of the Geographical Faculty Moscow State Lomonosov University, the Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography and Omsk Cartographical Plant have developed a new series of geographical atlases for 6 – 10 grades of a general education school:
6 grade. Geography. An initial course. 2004, 36p.
7 grade. Geography of Continents and Oceans. Nature. Population. Economy. 2004, 72p.
8 grade. Geography of Russia. PartI. Nature and Man. 2004, 72p.
9 grade. Geography of Russia. Part II. Population and Economy. 2005, 72p.
10 grade. Social and Economic Geography of the World. Natural Resources, Population, Economy (under publication).
Necessity of the school atlases new series compilation is explained by change of the political map of the world (disintegration of the USSR and Yugoslavia, unification of Germany, etc.), evolution of geographical science and acquisition of new knowledge, an aggravation of environmental problems and ecologyzation of school education.
On the basis of studying several textbooks on geography (for each grade), recommended by the Ministry of Education, the programs of atlases were developed. Their structure and content of thematic sections, the most expedient scales of maps were defined.
Compilers of atlases were aimed to realize three basic rules:
-To provide conformity of the atlases content and maps to training programs and textbooks on geography;
-To use advanced achievements of the geographical science and other sciences about the Earth;
-To follow methodical principles of geographical cartography.
Despite of atlases abundance in the market of school cartographical products, it is impossible to recognize any of them as quite matching the content of textbooks on geography. New school atlases, in comparison with earlier published, represent the cartographical products fullest on the content, in which fundamental knowledge of the geographical science on natural, social and economic characteristics of territories are reflected with optimum detail (the world, continent, Russia, regions), the theme of interacting of the nature and a society is highlighted. There are many new cartographical topics in them. They were absent in other atlases. Compilation of maps for atlases was conducted on the basis of modern computer production engineering.
Alongside with geographical atlases, a series of wall world thematic maps in scale of 1:20 000 000 for high school are under development. The series contains maps compiled on the base of principally new approaches to representation of social and economic situation and natural resources of the world.Wall maps in sufficient detail show geographical characteristics of the world countries and will be coordinated with corresponding maps of atlases thematic sections.