Peculiarities of creating a map of green areas in the city of Khanty-Mansiysk using the NextGIS GIS environment

Abstract

Relevance: green areas (especially in an urban environment) perform many ecosystem and social functions to maintain and improve the condition and quality of the environment of settlements, as well as the comfort of the population living in them. Green spaces in urban areas require monitoring and inventory using special software, remote sensing and global positioning materials, geographic information systems and technologies. The purpose was to create a map of green spaces in the city of Khanty-Mansiysk (using the pilot area of the Yugra State University (YuSU)). The tasks were to develop and implement the GIS database “Green Necklace of the YuSU”; design and create a preliminary map of green spaces on the territory of the YuSU. Methods: a review and analysis of literary and Internet sources on the topic being studied, processing of satellite images, geoinformation mapping. Result. GIS databases “Green Necklace to the YuSU” was developed and created, a preliminary map of the university’s green spaces was designed and compiled. Conclusions. The results obtained may be useful in the future for the administration of Khanty-Mansiysk in municipal services planning, organizing and conducting activities to make an inventory of green spaces in settlements and expand their area.