Adaptation large-scale maps of soils to their practical use in GIS

Abstract

The features of created mapping materials under Public cadastral map of Ukraine and especially their use
were determined. It was shown that in the present circumstances, before urgently needed round of largescale soil survey of soils of Ukraine it should be conducted preparatory work on adapting existing largescale soil maps for their practical use. This will be done with GIS, digital elevation models, methods of
forecasting soil situation and so on. The emphasis is on the lack of methodological basis for a set of
modern technological solutions developed in various areas (soil science, cadastre, land, etc.), including
the lack of digital elevation models. It was accented attention on the problems that accompany thе technological process of their creation. It was proposed approach, which will create a modern soil GIS with
the most adapted data set, easily to use, scalable and dynamically supplemented. Created GIS with
minimal alterations can be integrated into the national geospatial data infrastructure and develop within it.
It was highlighted the use of free open source software that is distributed free under the GNU GPL.