APPLICATION OF TERRITORIAL GIS FOR STUDY AND INVENTORY OF NATURAL RESOURCES WITH THE SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE DAGESTAN REPUBLIC

摘要

At the present time interest to GIS stipulated by economic and political reasons is wided in Russia. The most of territorial, administrative units aspire to create own territorial GIS for solution of wide spectrum of scientific, practical, economic and administrative tasks. An organized collection of computer hardware and software designed to efficiently create, manipulate, analyze and display all types of geographically or spatially referenced data. GIS allows complex spatial operations that are very difficult to do other wise. However, practical experience of these GIS application is absent in Russia. There are only special reference to GIS using for concrete tasks solution, for example, as compilation of land cadastr, forest and urban cadastrs, not infrequently with more experienced foreign partners. The work under creation of GIS for Dagestan Republic was executed by VNIIKAM with aim of information maintenance of management and prospective planning of republican economic development. Composed maps will be used to planning and projecting of roads, gas and oil pipelines, exploitation of mineral resources, water supply and irrigation systems, agricultural areas (arable lands, vineyards, pastures etc.). Above mentioned maps are included into data bank, save there and forming electronic atlas of natural resources and environment on a whole.