About Some Maps of Alexandre Aslanikashvili

Author: Dali Nikolaishvili
Keywords: Alexandre Aslanikashvili, Cartography, Map
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Scientific researches of Al. Aslanikashvili clarified the cardinal problems of theory of cartography and methodological issues of mapping. He laid the foundation for the concept metacartography and metacarto-semiotics. This work still has not lost its value and they were translated into different languages. He created and edited a lot of maps. His cartographic works are of great importance even today. Among them are the maps included in the Atlas of Georgia (Tbilisi-Moscow, 1964). With Al. Javakhishvili he developed the structure and model of atlas. Here are 22 maps (scales 1,500,000 and 2,500,000) made by Al. Aslanikashvili: population size, ethnic structure, land fund, water bodies, agriculture, economics of Georgia, etc. It is worth pointing separately the maps with the historical context (with co-authors). Such maps are:  Aslanikashvili Al., Berdznishvili M., Shoshiashvili N. Kingdom of Georgia in XIII century. scale 1:2,500,000; - Aslanikashvili Al., Dumbadze M., Meskhia Sh. Kingdom of Georgia in XVIII century. scale 1:2,500,000; - Antadze K., Aslanikashvili Al., Antelava I. Territory of Georgia within the Russian Empire at the End of XIX century. Besides these, Al. Aslanikashvili made 2 maps with co-authors: - Georgia, 1914. printed in Encyclopedia of Georgia [1981]; - Map of Governorate of Gurdjistan on the base of "Great Book of Governorate of Gurdjistan". scale 1:300,000 [1953, 1956]. Cartometric and geographical analysis of these maps allow to reveal historical transformations of: - state borders; - administrative-territorial divisions; - place names; - demographical situation.

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