The name of the department

 Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics

 

 The Head of the Department

Jansug I.Kekelia

 

The name of thesis for master's degree: “On the point of district planning of  populated areas of east-central  (Tbilisi) economic region”.

The date of defend: March 17, 1971

 

The name of doctorate thesis: “Cartosemiotics: General issues of the theory

of cartographic signs”

The date of defend: June 21, 1995

 

Academic rank: Doctor of geographical science, Professor

 

The major scientific trends of the department:

1.      General geographic, thematic  and atlas mapping on the basis of geo-informational technologies.

2.      Cartosemiotic problems of cartographic signs and  their meaning

3.      Cartometric  estimation of the resources of the territory for compiling cadastre

 

The major staff:

  1. Khabazishvili Michael, Sc. worker

  2. Koroshinadze Makvala, Sc. worker

  3. Bakhia Rusiko, Sc.worker               

  4. Gagua Meri,  Sc. worker

  5. Tskhakaia Tamar,  Chief engineer

 

Major  publications

1.      Kekekia J. Kartosemiotic: general questions of teoretikal cartografical signs. Tbilisi 1998

2.      Kekelia J. On the question of the lexicography of signs which are used cartography. Mater. Konf. Tbilisi, pp. 199-201.

3.      Kekelia J. The sign system of map language and the of cartography. Tbilisi 1988, pp. 60-78.

4.      Kekelia J. On cartographics (some thoughts and arguments.’’Karrtosemiotik”” 3. Interna­tionales Rorrespondenz-Seminar. Bratislava-Dresden. 1992. pp. 33-40.

5.      The current Situation and the Problems of Manging the Land Registration in Georgia. Workshop zur Eirishtung eines Kompetemznetzwerks fur die Sicherung von Grundstucks-reshten, land-und Ceodatenmanagement. Harnover. 2000.

6.      Kekelia J. Vakhushti Bagrationi’s Atlass (First Half of XVIII Century). 19th International Cartographic Conference. Ottawa 1999.

7.      Kekelia J.  On the issue of developmena cartographic thinking in Georgia. Tb. 2003 pp. 189-196.

8.      Khabazishvili M. Matyhematical elements of the on ‘’Kazan atlas’’ of the Vakhushti Bagrationi., in “Geography of Georgia”, Tb. 2003.

9.      Koroshinadze M., Beritashvili B. Cartographic provision of reconstruction and development of minor  hidropower economy in Georgia. Problems of urgency in Gepgraphy of Georgia “Metsniereba” 2001. Tbilisi.