THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHIC CARTOGRAPHY: TRADITION AND INNOVATION
The article discusses the theoretical issues and the basic concepts of classical and modern cartography in Russia, as well as innovative technologies of geographical mapping. The need for innovation is substantiated both in creating of new, and in developing of classical methods of geosystem mapping with an estimation of their compatibility, new opportunities for cooperation, and the actual implementation of the scientific and educational process. Is determined the role of the School Geographical Mapping of geographical faculty of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University in the development of the theoretical foundations and of a set of innovative methods and technologies of geographical research and cartography.