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The territory of Ukraine is characterized by the occurrence of a large number of wildfires, mainly in mixed and coniferous forest ecosystems of Polissia, Forest-Steppe and Ukrainian Carpathians. The frequency of occurrence and destructive consequences of natural fires in forest ecosystems require the adoption of prompt measures aimed at their prevention, localization and liquidation. Monitoring plays the main role in the process of preventing wildfires, since observation, collection, analysis and assessment of qua...

The paper presents a mobile GIS technology for monitoring spatially distributed emergencies. Mobile GIS technology is a combination of hardware, software and information tools that provide cartographic modeling, integrated representation of geographic and attribute data, as well as the collection, storage and analysis of geospatial information. Mobile GIS technology is designed to solve the problems of monitoring the natural and man-made environment, as well as forecasting the processes of emergence and developmen...

Currently, information technologies used for emergency management are a set of separate local processes that have a narrowly specialized focus. Often they are not integrated into a single management system and do not have information interaction. Integration of information technologies into a single management system will create a single information environment that combines the resources of various systems for the purpose of operational processing of information about emergencies and response coordination. The pa...

The forests of Ukraine, according to their purpose and location, mainly perform water protection, protective, sanitary and hygienic and recreational functions. The peculiarities of forests and forestry in Ukraine include: a relatively low average level of forest cover in the country; growth of forests in various natural areas (Polesie, Forest-steppe, Steppe, Ukrainian Carpathians); significant differences in forest conditions, methods of forest management, use of forest resources and useful properties of forests; ...