5th
Vilnius Seminar on Cartosemiotics
May 6, 2009
2nd
Geography Auditorium
International Cartographic Association, Commission
on Theoretical Cartography
Vilnius
University, Centre for Cartography
Lithuanian
Cartographic Society
Sponsored by Lithuanian State Science and Studies
Foundation
Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the famous Lithuanian
cartographer Vaclovas Chomskis
(19091976)
CHALLENGES AND
CREATIVITY IN MODERN CARTOGRAPHY
PROGRAM
10:0010:20 Opening and keynote
Osvaldas Rukšėnas, Deputy
dean of the Faculty of Natural sciences (Vilnius
University)
Algimantas Česnulevičius,
President, Lithuanian Cartographic society
Alexander Wolodtschenko, Chair, ICA
Commission on Theoretical Cartography: Five cartographic-cartosemiotic
seminars: what to do further?
10:20 12:00 Oral presentations:
Danutė Mardosienė (Vilnius): V. Chomskis
and Lithuanian cartography
Algimantas Česnulevicius
(Vilnius): Semantic aspects of cartographic signs on the XVII century maps
of Lithuania.
Giedrė Beconytė
(Vilnius): Lithuanian Geographic Information Infrastructure, GIS Data and
Cartography
Marytė Dumbliauskienė, Paulius Kavaliauskas, Albinas Pilipaitis (Vilnius): The
National Atlas of Lithuania
12:00
14:00 Lunch
14:00
15:20 Oral presentations
Alexander Wolodtschenko (Dresden): From Carto-Graphics
to Cartosemiotic Thinking
Abraham Solomonik (Israel): Classifications aspects in
cartography
Audrius Kryžanauskas (Vilnius): Unified approach to geographic problems
Kestutis Papšys (Vilnius): Geographic information science in Lithuania
Zoya Lysenkova and Kasianenko E. N. (Smolensk): Modern approaches to renovation of tourist maps of
Smolensk region
Petras Putys (Vilnius):
The application of Geographic information system for the patterning of the
projections of the Lithuanian Quaternary intermorainic
layers.
[to be announced] (Vilnius): Map of the 21st century conflicts in Europe
15:20-15:40 Coffee
break
15:40
17:00 Oral presentations
Pavel Korotkich
(Vilnius): Map of urbanistic development of
Lithuania
Inga Ročiūtė, Marytė Dumbliauskienė (Vilnius): Analysis of perception of cartographic sign systems in Lithuanian
geography atlases for schools
Ilona Urbanavičienė
and Valdas Urbanavičius
(Kaunas): Cartography: Practical Training Problems and Innovations at Kaunas
College
Arturas Bautrėnas (Vilnius): Impact of colour schemes on cartographic training.
Romualdas Girkus, Ilona Urbanavičienė and Valdas Urbanavičius (Kaunas): Analysis of topographic mapping of Kaunas city
Poster
presentations:
Nikolaenko D. (Kiev): Environmental epidemiology and newest
tasks of cartography
Elsner L., Wolodtschenko
A. (Germany): Streets of city Görlitz (from 1906 to 2006): cartosemiotic
analysis
Poliakova N, Nikolaenko
D, Nikolaenko
B. (Kiev): [to be announced]