Using GIS technology for solving environmental problems

In the GIS (Geoinformation System) sphere, the centre has concentrated on developing applications for land use planning and environmental data. The paper discusses some of the applications of GIS to some geological and environmental problems which are solved at our office for Ministry of Natural Resources of Slovakia. More importantly, geography (and data describing it) is part of our everyday world. Almost every decision we make is constrained, influenced or dictated by some fact of geography. GIS (Geographical Information System) is defined by ESRI as an organized collection of computer hardware, software, geographical data, and personnel designed to effeciently capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display all forms of geographically referenced information.