GLACIOTECTONIC MAP OF CENTRAL EUROPE IN SCALE 1: 1 500 000

The main goal of the Glaciotectonic Map of Central Europe project was to create the first European region-wide assesment of the types and distribution of glaciotectonic phenomena creating a unified GIS database for central Europe and a published map of the whole region. These works were performed since 1995 on the base of compilation of glaciotectonic national maps elaborated for Germany, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia (Kaliningradian District), Latvia and Estonia under the direction of Andrzej Ber. In the project of ten national leaders and also tens of specialists from national geological surveys or academies of sciences have been involved actively as coauthors. The project was under science supervision of James S. Aber (USA) and Jan A. Piotrowski (Denmark).

Glaciotectonic features were digitized from 1:250 000 or 1:500 000 in scale base maps for compilation into Glaciotectonic Map of Central Europe. These features are classified in four main categories: glaciotectonic landforms expressed in recent relief; glaciotectonic buried landforms; glaciotectonicly disturbed Quaternary sediments and glaciotectonicly disturbed pre-Quaternary sediments (in situ and rafts).

The compilation of the Glaciotectonic Map of central Europe in scale 1:1 500 000 resulted in:

· compilation of a comprehensive GIS database on glaciotectonic features for Central Europe

· creation of the first region-wide assesment of the types and distribution of glaciotectonic phenomena in Central Europe