V.I. KOLESNIKOV, V.V. ANDREEV, YU.A. SAMOKHVALOVА, O.E. STEPURKO, O.N. ALEKSEEVA (VSEGEI)

80th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Cartographic Factory (VSEGEI)

The paper describes the history of formation of the oldest enterprise in the system of geological survey of Russia, the leading manufacturer of state geological maps of the Russian Federation – St. Petersburg Cartographic Factory. Currently, it is a modern enterprise, the owner of advanced technologies for the preparation and publication of complex geological products for various purposes, the major publisher with a wide range of facilities for providing printing services.
Keywords: St. Petersburg Cartographic Factory VSEGEI, state geologic map, map production, digital topographic base.