Based on the methods of GIS-technologies and the use of the program MapInfoProfessional an electronic Soil map of Cisbaikalia and the database to it. This is due to the fact that the electronic map is the most informative compared to the paper one, since the degree of correspondence of the hierarchy of different scales of the digital map is more accurate than on a paper basis. In the structure of the soil cover of the pre-Baikal region there is a wide variety of soils: from mountain, podzolic, sod-carbonate, gray forest, arable chernozems to saline soils. Not all regional particularities are described in the legend to the maps. Therefore, it is advisable to reflect them in the database (DB) in the form of physico-chemical properties. The GIS program provides long-term use of information on the basic physical and chemical properties of soils and allows you to predict soil processes, creates a more accurate image of soil contours, increases the objectivity of research results, provides an opportunity to update these properties of soils and soil and environmental monitoring. MapInfoProfessional software and interface make it possible to connect additional layers in electronic format in order to detail information and create maps of a new kind (soil-geobotanical, landscape-geochemical and others).

Sugachenko Anna Aleksandrovna, Candidate of Sciences (Biology), Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, tel.: 8 (3952) 24–18–70, e-mail: asugachenko@yandex.ru 

Lopatovskaya Olga Gennadyevna, Candidate of Sciences (Biology), Associate Professor, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, tel.: 8 (3952) 24–18–70, e-mail: lopatovs@gmail.com

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