Description of journal remit

• Geodesy and mine surveying:

 Basic topics:

• creation of geodetic and mine surveying coordinate and time basis for different purposes;
• geodetic navigation satellite systems and technologies;
• development of principles, methods, technical means and technologies of geodetic and mine surveying measurements of engineering complexes;
• geodetic support of research, design, construction and exploitation of engineering complexes;
• theory and practice of mathematical processing of geodetic and mine surveying measurement results and information support of geodetic and mine surveying works;
• design and marketing of geodetic and mine surveying works.

• Remote sensing, photogrammetry

Basic topics:

• theory, technology and technical means of bridging on aerospace photos, creating and updating topographic, ecological cadastral and other maps and plans;
• theory and technology of image interpretation for the purpose of natural resources investigation and mapping;
• theory and technology of getting quantitative characteristics of natural and technogenic processes.

• Cartography and geoinformatics

Basic topics:

• new methods of topographic and thematic maps design;
• geoinformational mapping and information technologies;
• thematic interpretation and methods of remote (aerospace) sensing;
• technical means of collection, registration, storage, transmission and processing of geoinformation with use of information technology;
• digital information bases and banks in different subject fields;
• data base management systems;
• interaction of geoinformatics, cartography and aerospace sensing.

• Land management, cadastre and land monitoring

Basic topics:

• development of land cadastral condition and real estate object;
• scientific and methodological support of land estimation works;
• estimate qualitative and quantitative constituents;
• rational use of lands;
• information support of modern land use;
• city land use ecologization problems;
• monitoring of lands and other real estate objects.

• Optical and electronic devices and complexes

Basic topics:

• design, development and investigation of characteristics of devices, systems and complexes with the use of electromagnetic emission of optic wave band, designed to solve the tasks:

– measurements of geometric and physical objects;

– investigation and control of different objects and environments parameters, including technological, ecological and biological tasks solutions;

– transmitting, receiving, processing and displaying information;

– technological equipment management and production processes control;

– design of optical and electro optical equipment for specific tasks, including scientific research.

• Metrology and metrological support

Basic topics:

• improvement of scientific-methodological, technical, economic and other fundamentals of metrological support;
• improvement of the system of ensuring the uniformity of measurements

• Methodology and organization of scientific research

Basic topics:

• the problems of the contemporary scientific and technical revolution and transition to 5-6 technological structures;
• criteria for assessing the development of society, science, engineering and technology.