Use of modern information technologies for town planning needs

Abstract

The problem of providing information is one of the key ones in the field of urban planning. In the process of carrying out pre-project analysis, development, and implementation of urban planning projects, planners are faced with a huge volume of cartographic materials, statistical data, and other indicators.

Thanks to the wide application of information technologies, the possibility of processing spatial data appeared, which led to the development of digital cartography and geographic information systems (GIS). The growing demand for digital mapping products has contributed to the development of a new spatial data infrastructure based on geographic information mapping.

Modern GIS platforms have a variety of capabilities that can be applied to urban planning. Database management, visualization, spatial analysis, and spatial modeling are among the most widely used. Database management involves the storage of environmental data, socio-economic data, land use maps and plans, and planning programs. GIS in urban planning provides an opportunity for spatial analysis and modeling, which can contribute to solving several important tasks of urban planning. With the advent of mobile GIS, city planners can conduct field research, view dynamic maps on their phones, retrieve key insights, and import field data back into desktop GIS.

Modern GIS programs do not require long-term special training. GIS technologies are especially effective when creating, for example, a scheme of planning restrictions, when it is necessary to apply information from different fields of knowledge that affect the planning decisions of the master plan to one scheme. Project urban planning documentation becomes widely available to all city services. When making any decision in your department, it is quite easy to clarify the decision of the General Plan in this area using the electronic version and thereby avoid urban planning mistakes when solving local tasks.