Department of Geography, University of cartographic fund

Dali Nikolaishvili - Principal investigator/project lead - she lead and participated in a number of local and international projects, in the framework of which she got acquainted with the maps kept in different agencies, compiled maps using GIS technologies of different themes. All this will contribute to the successful implementation of the project. She will be responsible for coordinating the implementation of the project, the proper execution of tasks and activities, as well as will be individually responsible for such activities as: identification-cataloging of cartographic sources of common use preserved in various agencies in Georgia; Compiling an information catalog of map authors-compilers; Geographical-cartometric analysis of the map, etc.

Maia Tskhvaradze - Young Scientist and Project Coordinator (2019 y) - will be involved in a number of activities both individually and in groups, such as compiling a catalog of maps in the original Georgian and English languages; Perform statistical analysis of maps; publishing conference materials and articles. She will also coordinate work with a foreign expert.

Ana Arsenashvili – Project Coordinator (2020-2026 y) and Young Researcher. She is a PhD candidate in Geography at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Currently, she is working on her doctoral research, which involves the collection and analysis of cartographic sources related to the territorial distribution of vineyards, retrospective cartography, and the creation of a series of thematic maps using GIS software. Ana has participated in both local and international conferences. She worked as a GIS specialist on a project funded by Tbilisi City Hall from 2018 to 2019 and was also involved as a young researcher in the EMBLAS+ project from 2020 to 2021. In 2022 and 2023, she was a winner of DAAD Georgia competitions and completed courses in SAR/INSAR remote sensing and hydrological process management at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Ana is a co-author of several scientific articles published in local and international peer-reviewed journals. Since 2023, she has been the coordinator of a fundamental research project funded by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation.

David Sartania – Researcher - Doctor of History. Will be involved in the project as a specialist in toponyms, will participate in the identification of objects on the map; In compiling a series of thematic maps and statistical analysis. He has experience in participating in various ethnological and geographical expeditions, where he has been planning the area, historical-ethnological descriptions, surveying the local population. He has published papers in local and international peer-reviewed journals on traditional use of nature (including southern Georgia), historical geography, ethnology, toponymy, cartographic sources, etc.