Why we need mathematics in cartography and geoinformatics?

Abstract

Cartography and geoinformatics are technical-based which deal with modelling and visualization of landscape in the form of a map. For the given subjects, mathematics is necessary for understanding of many procedures that are connected to modelling of the Earth as a celestial body, to ways of its projection into a plane, to methods and procedures of modelling of landscape and phenomena in society and visualization of these models in the form of electronic as well as classic paper maps. Not only general mathematics, but also its extension of differential geometry of curves and surfaces, ways of approximation of lines and surfaces of functional surfaces, mathematical statistics and multi-criterial analyses seem to be suitable and needful. Underestimation of the significance of mathematical education in cartography and geoinformatics is inappropriate and lowers competences of cartographers and geoinformaticians to solve problems.