CARTOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION USING LARGE SETS OF VARIABLES

Abstract

Use the Volga River as an example, the author describes general problems arising in cartographic classification and mapping when employing large sets of variables. The geographic patterns revealed in a joint analysis of a taxonomic and chorologic space under conditions of information saturation are described. General geographical conclusions of a methodological nature are drawn. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA 22308 from: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, seriya geograficheskaya, 1997, No. 1, pp. 129-142.