Welcome to MTA - MountainApp
Share your landscape! Explore mountainous landscapes all over Europe.
Welcome to MTA - MountainApp
MTA - MountainApp wants to inspire people to immerse themselves in landscapes. MTA - MountainApp is a project jointly run by researchers from Switzerland and Georgia. MTA - MountainApp was developed for a transnational research seminar taught at the University of Zurich and the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. The app is used to facilitate cross-border student collaboration and learning and to introduce students to sustainable mountain development through the lens of the Alpine and Caucasus mountains. We are interested in learning more about places and landscapes people visit and experience in their everyday lives. By collecting this data, we want to better understand people’s relationships to different kinds of landscapes and landscape elements. With a focus on these relationships, the project aims to analyze values and meanings attached to landscapes.
We want to draw attention to contemporary challenges of mountainous regions and bring people living in these areas closer together. Fun fact: “Mta” is the Georgian term for “mountain”!
App Download
Download and install the free App on your Android device or on your iPhone via the App Stores linked below.
Register
After the start of the App, you can register your own user account on the platform with just your eMail address.
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Start observing! You are automatically logged-in after registering and you can add your first observation right away!From the Blog
Change in perception of the Swiss Alps in art
Written by Alexandra Dallago and Nadja Rosenberg, students from the University of Zurich. Before the 19th century, the Alps were seen as a place of fear and mystery, but their image has shifted...
Beyond the Vineyard – A Case Study about Women’s influence on the Economy
Written by Nino Gochashvili, Claire Ballinger and Jana Kistler, students from Tbilisi State University and the University of Zurich. Gendered biases can be found in almost all places and sector...
From Wool Weaving to Luxury Resorts: How Tourism Shapes Mountain Identity
Written by Sopka Jighauri, Salome Melkadze, Livia Eckert and Sofia Niggli, students from the Tbilisi State University and the University of Zurich. Over the course of the last years, ther...
2 Perspectives: Regulations for Tourism in National Parks in Georgia and Switzerland
Written by Levan Gogitidze, Levan Kurtanidze, Elspeth O'Connor and Tracy Zimmermann, students from Tbilisi State University and the University of Zurich. Regulations are an important aspect of ...
Mountains on the Move: What’s Driving Migration from the Swiss Alps?
Written by Giorgi Bachiashvili, Lauma Goldmann and Lea Buchmann, students from Tbilisi State University and the University of Zurich. Image depicting an idyllic Swiss mountain village (https://w...
Latest Blog Posts
16 January 2026
Written by Alexandra Dallago and Nadja Rosenberg, students from the University of Zurich. Before the 19th century, the Alps were seen as a place of fear and mystery, but their image has shifted...
16 January 2026
Written by Nino Gochashvili, Claire Ballinger and Jana Kistler, students from Tbilisi State University and the University of Zurich. Gendered biases can be found in almost all places and sector...
16 January 2026
Written by Sopka Jighauri, Salome Melkadze, Livia Eckert and Sofia Niggli, students from the Tbilisi State University and the University of Zurich. Over the course of the last years, ther...
Latest Contributions in the App
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-16
Date: 2021-10-16
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-16
Date: 2021-10-16
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-17
Date: 2021-10-17
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-16
Date: 2021-10-16
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-18
Date: 2021-10-18
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-18
Date: 2021-10-18
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-17
Date: 2021-10-17
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-17
Date: 2021-10-17
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-17
Date: 2021-10-17
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-17
Date: 2021-10-17
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-16
Date: 2021-10-16
Danny VG
Date: 2021-10-16
Date: 2021-10-16
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