Challenges of Russian software in creating 3D maps

Natalia Baranova

doi:10.30533/scidata-2022-13-04

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CHALLENGES OF RUSSIAN SOFTWARE IN CREATING 3D MAPS Challenges of Russian software in creating 3D maps

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Published in Spatial Data: Science, Research and Technology · Volume 13, Issue - · Pages 43–58 · Rubric: Geoinformatics, cartography

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30533/scidata-2022-13-04

Received: 20.06.2022 Accepted: 10.12.2022 Published: 22.10.2025

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Natalia Baranova

ABSTRACT

This article considers possibilities of national software tools to create 3D maps for educational purposes. When creating 3D maps for academic purposes it is necessary to take into account the requirements for such maps and working programs of the disciplines in the Earth Sciences module, and to choose software that allows creating cartographic products in static, interactively or dynamically as well. The article presents a comparative analysis of national and foreign software tools for three-dimensional cartographic products created on the basis of a 3D terrain model. The author also considers the possibilities of the Russian software tools for academic 3D maps. The advantages and disadvantages of geoinformation systems (GIS) and 3D graphics programs were stated in the paper. It is concluded that a similar interface and capabilities of open GIS. Possibilities of GIS and game engines for creating 3D terrain models, 3D-scenes and the territory «flight around» by means of national software are considered.

KEYWORDS

digital terrain modelling, space perception, 3D-visualization, geoinformation systems, educational activity

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Editor-in-Chief, editorial board chair

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Nadezhda Rostislavovna KAMYNINA PhD in Engineering, Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor; Rector of the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography; Member of the Bologna Process Follow-up Group (BFUG); Executive Secretary of the Working Group of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation on the Bologna Process; Member of the Working Group on Spatial Data Infrastructure of the CIS Interstate Council on Geodesy, Cartography, Cadastre, and Remote Sensing, member of the Russian Federation's team of experts on higher education reform under the Erasmus+ program; Awarded the Medal of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation "For Contribution to the Implementation of State Education Policy."

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Baranova N. A. Challenges of Russian software in creating 3D maps // Spatial Data: Science, Research and Technology. 2025. no. -. pp. 43-58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30533/scidata-2022-13-04. (Date of access 09.10.2026).

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Natalia Baranova. "Challenges of Russian software in creating 3D maps." Spatial Data: Science, Research and Technology 13.- (2025): 43-58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30533/scidata-2022-13-04.

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Baranova N. A. (2025). Challenges of Russian software in creating 3D maps. Spatial Data: Science, Research and Technology, 13(-), 43-58. https://doi.org/10.30533/scidata-2022-13-04

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Natalia Baranova. "Challenges of Russian software in creating 3D maps." Spatial Data: Science, Research and Technology 13, no. - (2025): 43-58. https://doi.org/10.30533/scidata-2022-13-04.

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