Mathias Gröbe

Generalization is a crucial topic in the map production process, describing the derivation of a map of a smaller scale from another one. It combines maintaining essential features and removing less important ones to offer a readable map.

In preparation for a new Alpine Club map by the Institute of Cartography of the TU Dresden around Mt. Ushba in Georgia in the Great Caucasus, the decision was made to use OpenStreetMap as the primary data source for the map.

MapComonents is an open-source framework extending React for mapping applications. It can be used to develop browser-based applications that do not require any backend, as well as web clients that use an arbitrary number of backend services.

Mt. Ushba is situated in the Greater Caucasus in Georgia, next to the Russian border. With its nearly symmetrical double peak appearance, it is iconic and a symbol of the historic Svaneti region in Georgia, famous for its mountains, botany, and century-old defense towers.