GIS technology role in development and integration of Serbia

Abstract

Man, as a conscious being has always had a need for collecting and storing data on the environment in which he lives. Drawings on cave walls are the beginnings of planetary libraries, universal database, the forerunner of modern information technology. Geographic Information System is a special form of information systems, applied to geographic data. By placing the maps and other spatial information in digital format, GIS data enables the organization to understand their spatial relationships. Horizontal objectives to support the development of European Union information society and environmental management and sustainable development. Serbia acceded to it through various projects. In order to manage natural resources in a sustainable manner requires accurate and timely information in order to react to changes in space. Participation in the project of establishing GIS portal River Sava (with Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina) will enable the collection of relevant data to facilitate management of the Sava river. In recent years, is warmer with less precipitation during the months vegetation. In important for the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Union for the Western Balkans project launched WATER WEB. He will provide strategic water management practices in three Western Balkan river basin, the base models of exploitation of water and fertilizers for the four major crops, modern technology and procedures, including the so-called irrigation, partial root drying, agronomic and economic evaluation of a new culture resistant to salt, socio-economic assessment procedures for water management and irrigation and the use of GIS (geographic information systems) database and the possibility of their modelling for the Western Balkans. Each field in Serbia will soon get a "passport", geo-information system, which will find all the arable land in Serbia. The system should show whether the particular land can be used for crop, vegetable, livestock, wine or fruit production.