Industry is the material basis of civilization, the basis of the economy of many countries and world regions. The industry is study by industry geography. The industry geography is the science about the territorial organization of industrial production. Exploring industry maps of Volyn region can determine the level of development of geographical science, the degree of the research object.
Today the industry geography in Ukraine is at a low level of development. This is explained on the one hand – rethinking the role of the population as the main components of the society, on the other – the lack of basic statistics.
In the educational-regional atlases of the Volyn region (Volyn region Atlas (1991) Volyn region history of culture Atlas (2008); Volyn region: Geographical Atlas (2009)) industry represented mainly on the general economic maps by method of cartographic symbols. Quantitative characteristics are missing, and displayed only the industry structure of the settlements.
Detailed scientific maps industry of the Volyn region and its individual sectors (engineering, food processing industry, building materials industry) are presented in the monograph «Euroregion Bug: Volyn region» The maps are well represented qualitative and quantitative characteristics of industrial items, classification and typing of industrial objects. In the construction of maps were used the following manner of cartographic representation: method of (cartographic) symbols, diagrammatic map, diagram map, method of area, pseudoisolines method, method of motion symbols, method of line symbols.
The industry Maps of the Volyn region after 2000 do not differ proper scientific level. Based on the official statistics and the results of
our studies, we are making industry maps of the Volyn region, which allows us to trace the major transformation in the sectoral and territorial structures.
Creation of cartographic models will better understand the phenomena and processes that are currently taking place in the industry of the Volyn region and more effective to carry out management processes.
Keywords: industry, Volyn region, mapping, industry maps, manners of cartographic representation.