1. Institute for Cartography, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01069 Dresden, Germany
2. Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurer Str. 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
3. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetniy pereulok 29, 119017, Moscow, Russia
4. Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG), Timur Frunze Rd.73/2, 720027 Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
5. Institute of Geography of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kabanbai Batyr / Pushkin Str. 67/99, 050010 Almaty, Kazakhstan