Development of thematic cartography based on geospatial knowledge and cognitive approach

In the modern world, there have been changes in the requirements for many sciences, as new tasks have appeared in society. In this regard, the requirements for cartography have also changed. Humanity entered a fundamentally new stage in the development of the economy and society – the age of knowledge. It is knowledge that is an economic and resource value at the present stage of the devel-opment of human civilization. This phenomenon concerns absolutely all aspects of human life. In this regard, ideas about the interaction of a man and technology are changing, which entails changes in all spheres of activity, including mapping. New products and technologies are needed by different users, adapted to the cognitive features of human perception of information and will contribute to quick and correct decision-making. Such technologies allow us to find new forms of representation of geospatial information. Cartography becomes an efficient mechanism for visualizing knowledge that is connect-ed by spatial relations on the earth's surface – geospatial knowledge. Geospatial knowledge can be displayed in thematic maps both together with geospatial information and separately, while the choice of the visualization option depends upon the tasks being solved on the map being developed, as well as the geospatial knowledge that needs to be shown. Mapping geospatial knowledge is currently a promising area of research that has not been studied much yet. At the same time, maps containing geo-spatial knowledge, can significantly simplify the solution of many routine geoinformation tasks, re-duce time and labor costs, increase the efficiency of managerial decision-making, as well as expand the range of tasks solved on the basis of thematic maps.