DIGITAL MAPS AND DIGITAL MODELS
The article analyzes the digital models and digital maps. The article shows that the digital maps and digital models have the basic information products in geoinformatics. The article introduces the umbrella term for digital maps and digital models. This is a general concept is an information design. This article describes the differences and similarities between digital maps and digital models. The article proves that the digital model is an analogue of the spatial object. The article proves that the digital map is a model of the distortions introduced by mapping transformations. Digital Map is not synonymous with a spatial object. The article proves that the digital model and digital maps are not equivalent. This article describes the advantages of digital transmission model accuracy coordinates. This article describes the advantages of digital maps for visual representation. This article describes the advantages of digital maps for displaying spatial topology. The article argues that the definition of a digital map as a digital model is not correct.