CARTOGRAPHY OF SIBERIA OF THE XVII -XX CENTURIES: RESEARCH POTENTIAL AND METHODS OF WORKING WITH CARTOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Abstract

Cartographic sources - maps, plans, diagrams, and drawings are deservedly the starting point in historical, socio-economic, ethnographic, architectural and urban planning, studies. However, there is no general understanding of the qualitative composition of this voluminous block of information. Moreover, there is no unified approach to the interpretation of historical cartography. The article presents the technique of "layering and analysis of multi-temporal projections of planning structures". This allows to get a classification of historical plans, highlighting fixing, design and directive plans. According to the presented methodology, the existing planning structure of the studied settlement is easily accessible in the form of digitized satellite images and is the basis for graphical analysis of the historical plan. Each of the studied cartographic sources, whether it is a plan or an explanatory note, is considered in the context of the continuous process of architectural and planning development of the settlement and the state. The presented methodology is successfully tested as part of the work on the project of the boundaries of the territory and the subject of protection of the historical settlement of federal significance "Tomsk City".