Yuri Alekseevich Litvinov
Research interests:
Area of scientific interests: digital soil mapping, geoinformation systems, databases, geography of soils, soil cover structure, soil classification.
Research projects:
"Investigation of the anthropogenic dynamics of the state of the soil cover on the basis of intellectual data analysis".
"Assessment and forecast of the status of the Azov-Black Sea basin based on the application of new methods and technologies".
"Red Soil Book of the Rostov Region".
"Soil and Geographic Database of Russia".
Teaching:
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Cartography of soils with the basics of GIS
"Cartography of soils with the basics of GIS" expands and complements the knowledge and skills obtained in the study of such disciplines as "Soil Science" and "Mathematics and Communication Technologies." In the course of mastering the discipline, students are introduced to the methods of compiling soil maps and cartograms, examining the basic principles and methods of soil survey, compiling soil maps of different scales and their application in practical activities. Discipline is basic for the direction of soil science.
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Geoinformation support of land resources assessment
"Geoinformation support of land resources assessment" expands and complements the knowledge and skills obtained in studying such disciplines as "Soil Science", "Mathematics and Information and Communication Technologies", "Cartography with GIS Basics", "Mathematical Methods and Modeling in Soil Science". The purpose of mastering the discipline is to acquire the skills and skills necessary to work with geographic information systems in the field of rational use and valuation of land resources.
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GIS in Earth Sciences
The goal of mastering the discipline "GIS in Earth Sciences" is the acquisition of skills and skills in working with geographical information systems. As a result of mastering the discipline, the student must: Know the basic concepts of informatics, information, its measurement, coding and presentation in computer systems; Theoretical positions of geoinformatics as science and technology, ways of designing spatial data bases and GIS of different types and subjects. Be able to use the knowledge gained in the field of informatics and geoinformatics to collect, store and process statistical, analog and digital spatially defined information using computer technologies. To own technical and software means of information technologies, network technologies for processing and displaying information (geographic, hydrometeorological, ecological, socio-economic); Master the basic geoinformation methods and technologies of geographical analysis and spatial modeling for the study of natural and social geosystems.
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Digital soil mapping and modelin
"Digital soil mapping and modeling" refers to the variable part of a block of disciplines. It expands and complements the knowledge and skills obtained in the study of such disciplines as "Soil Science", "Mathematics and Information and Communication Technologies", "Cartography with the Basis of GIS", "Mathematical Methods and Modeling in Soil Science." As a result of mastering the discipline, the student must: Know Theoretical foundations of the theory of soil properties and processes, patterns of geographic distribution of soils and the structure of the soil cover.be able to apply knowledge of the fundamental sections of mathematics, informatics, soil science. & Amp; amp; ; # 61485; Master the skills, with basic software packages that are used in cartographic works: MS Office, ArcGIS, QGis, Google Earth, SASPlanet.
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Information technology in the natural sciences
"Information technology in the natural sciences" refers to the basic part of the block of disciplines. It expands and complements the knowledge and skills obtained in studying such disciplines as "Mathematics and Communication Technologies", "Soil Science", "Geography of Soils", "Cartography of soils with the basics of GIS", "Geoinformation support of land resources assessment". The tasks of mastering "Information technologies in the natural sciences" are: Acquisition of skills for collecting, processing and analyzing diverse spatial and substantive information in the field of natural sciences. Development of skills and skills in working with modern proprietary software and open source software.
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Fundamentals of system analysis
"Fundamentals of system analysis" refers to the basic part of the block of disciplines. It expands and complements the knowledge and skills obtained in studying such disciplines as "Mathematics and Communication Technologies", "Soil Science", "Geography of Soils", "Cartography of soils with the basics of GIS", "Geoinformation support of land resources assessment".
As a result of mastering the discipline, the student must:
Know the basics of working with a computer as a data management tool.
Be able to work with information in global computer networks.
Have the ability to use mathematical models and modern information technologies in the field of "Natural Sciences".
To possess the totality of knowledge, skills and skills acquired in the course of studying the previous disciplines.
