Modeling the Distribution of Pollutants in Urban Soils Using GIS Technologies

The development of a municipal information system is necessary for effective monitoring of the soil environment quality of the city. Various geographic information systems (GIS) are the most convenient and powerful tools for processing data since they have both spatial and semantic binding. This technology combines traditional database operations, such as querying and statistical analysis, with the benefits of full visualization and geographic (spatial) analysis provided by a map. The object of the study is the evaluation of the parameters of the ecological condition of the soils’ condition in Cherkasy according to the data of operational monitoring of pollution. The subject of the research is information technology, methods, algorithms and software and technical means of automating the evaluation of parameters of substance emissions based on the data of operational monitoring of soil cover pollution. The authors performed the zoning of the city territory was carried out according to the buffer properties of the soil using the SURFER software package. The acquired results possess high practical significance for the development of geoecological monitoring of the urbanized territory, as well as for the ecological management of the city.