On Thursday, the department received guests from Kiev in Kharkov, who represented the Here WeGo online cartographic product development company (Here Maps) where all the main aspects of joint cooperation were revealed, the work over three years was summed up and the goals for the next year were depicted.Here maps is a mapping service that belongs to a consortium of companies AUDI AG, BMW Group and Daimler AG. It is used in numerous software packages, including navigation systems (of the most important: Garmin, BMW, Nissan). Here WeGo is available for web browsers and phones on various platforms. Maps include features such as map search, satellite maps, route planning, 3D maps, real-time traffic display. Here maps are present in 196 countries, offering voice-guided navigation in 96 countries. Provides traffic information in 41 countries and has internal maps of approximately 75,600 homes in 72 countries. For three years, students of our department have been participating in the annual international cartographer competition "Here Roads interuniversity" and occupy top places, and the KhAI, in turn, is represented by our department. international ranking cartographers. This year was no exception and our university was also awarded a diploma from HERE. The award was attended by the Vice-Rector for Research, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Gaydachuk Alexander Vitalyevich and Dean of the Faculty of Rocket and Space Technology, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Firsov Sergey Nikolaevich. At the end of the conference, all students who wanted to take part in future projects were given the opportunity to apply for participation.

The State Committee of Turkmenistan for the Protection of the Environment and Resources represented by the Chairman B. Orazmiradov  in the plan for improving the Land Cadastre System of the Republic of Turkmenistan invited competent employees of the National Aerospace University "KhAI" to discuss possible projects for cooperation in this direction. The KhAI delegation included well-known specialists in the field of information support for land use management and environmental space monitoring, employees of the department of geographic information technologies and Earth space monitoring: Assoc. Andreev S.M., prof. Butenko A.S., prof. Krasovsky G.Ya., Assoc. Krasovskaya I. The delegation’s visit to the Republic of Turkmenistan took place from August 16–18, 2017 to working meetings and consultations from the Turkmen side were taken by senior officials of the Cabinet of Ministers, Advisor to the President of Turkmenistan, employees of the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Resources, and land management design institutes. and land cadastre, Academy of Sciences. In the course of constructive discussions, promising areas for further cooperation were outlined.