Structure of the atlas information system of natural and cultural heritage of Moscow

DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2025-3-31-689-704

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About the Authors

Olga I. Markova

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography,
1, Leninskie Gory, 119991, Moscow, Russia,
E-mail: solntsevaolga1401@gmail.com

Vladimir S. Tikunov

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography,
1, Leninskie Gory, 119991, Moscow, Russia,
E-mail: vstikunov@yandex.ru

Abstract

The Moscow metropolis is home to a significant number of natural and cultural heritage sites: a specially protected natural area of federal significance “Losiny Ostrov”, 145 specially protected green areas home to 573 species of protected animals, plants, and fungi, and numerous cultural heritage sites, divided into tangible (more than 3 000) and intangible. Currently, there is no single database or unified information system that would contain a variety of information about these objects and would allow for their analysis, classification, assessment, and management of their protection. These issues can be resolved with the help of an atlas information system (AIS), which is an organized and ordered repository of diverse information, the most important information in which are maps that allow working with geographic information at different scale levels. Such an AIS should be multimedia (MAIS) and contain a large amount of publicly available cartographic and non-cartographic information. The article examines the various types of information on natural and cultural heritage and indicates the main sources of this information. The information structure of the atlas information system is generalized. The goals and objectives of creating an atlas information system of Moscow’s natural and cultural heritage are considered. One of the important goals of the creation of the AIS is considered—the identification of valuable cultural landscapes for the purpose of their possible protection, which is a very important area of activity for the capital’s metropolis, the urban development and economic situation in which is changing very quickly.

Keywords

atlas information systems, natural and cultural heritage, information structure

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For citation: Markova O.I., Tikunov V.S. Structure of the atlas information system of natural and cultural heritage of Moscow. InterCarto. InterGIS. Moscow: MSU, Faculty of Geography, 2025. V. 31. Part 3. P. 689–704. DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2025-3-31-689-704 (in Russian)