Important issues of modernization of the education system with the use of information technologies at the present stage are raised. The problems of topographic training of cadets of military institutes are updated. The analysis of the development of these issues in the modern literature is carried out. It is emphasized that a modern officer must have a high level of military professional training in this field. The essence of topographic training is considered and its content for cadets of a military university is determined. The analysis of the phrase "didactic support" is carried out. Its structure and content are defined. The importance and necessity of using certified and pedagogically useful didactic support in the learning process are updated. The psychological and pedagogical concepts, scientific theories and approaches that served as the theoretical basis for substantiating the structure and developing the content of didactic support for topographic training of cadets of military universities are studied. The principles of developing didactic support for topographic training of cadets are formulated. The content of these principles and their relationship to each other by the logic of developing useful didactic support that meets the goals, objectives and specifics of the learning process are considered. The importance of the optimality principle in the development of didactic support is updated. The importance of compliance with the developed principles for the development of didactic support for the academic discipline "Military Topography" is emphasized.

Keywords: pedagogy; informatization of education; integrated approach; didactic support.