Open AccessFEATURES OF CONTENT AND EXPLOITATION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM “MUSEUM NETWORK OF ALTAI KRAI” (ALTAI KRAI, RUSSIA)
Author(s) -
Maria Rygalova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
učënye zapiski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2414-9101
DOI - 10.32340/2414-9101-2020-4-61-66
Subject(s) - the internet , world wide web , geographic information system , key (lock) , frame (networking) , computer science , geography , cartography , telecommunications , computer security
The article outlines key results of a two-year (2018–2020) project supported by Russian Fund of Basic Research (Moscow, Russia), aimed at creation of open geographical information system (web-GIS) that reflects key characteristics of institutions included in the museum network of Altai Krai (Russia). The author of the article (head of the project) express her own view on synthesis of the newest GIS-technologies, multimedia system, and technologies of Internet-mapping that will open a brand new stage in practice of visualizing data converted into subject maps and web-GIS free for simple Internet users. Widening the Internet audience who can get an access to detailed data on museum network of Altai Krai within the frame of the project will stimulate the growth of research activities in museology, will give a boost to touristic interest to reach collections of Altai Museums, will join a number of sources that meet the professional information needs of museum Russian community.