Modern Methods of Use of Geographic Maps in Field Research for Localisation of Objects

Abstract

In the paper the author described briefly modern technical possibilities of supporting the use of maps in field research and presented methods of map use in localisation of objects. In his description of the methods the author presented the differences in the approach to the problem depending on the features of the maps, both paper and digital ones. He also stressed the issue of adjustment of the features related to the cartometricity of the maps in use to the coordinate system in which the data required for the field projects are obtained and processed.

Keywords

• field work
• elements of mathematical basis
• gps
• calibration
• paper map
• digital map
• vector map
• satellite receiver
• geographic coordinates