SisFERGEO – Sistema de Informações Ambientais de Fernandópolis

Abstract

WEBGIS or SIGWEB are tools originated from the fusion of the concepts of georeferenced databases and data made available on the Internet, using a data management platform. The main importance of SIGWEBs is that the data made available can be used for management, such as the provision of environmental data, which has a great importance in integrated environmental management. Thus, the objective of this work was to develop the catalog of environmental geographic data for the town of Fernandópolis - SP, called SisFERGEO - Environmental Information System of Fernandópolis. The themes that made the first version of SisFERGEO were gathered from data created by geoprocessing, which were provided by the town’s Environment Department, which are: (1) Administrative, (2) Urban Forestation, (3) Biodiversity, (4 ) Climate, (5) Town Limit, (6) Water Resources, (7) Soil Resources and (8) Vegetation. The catalog was developed with free softwares, on SIGWEB I3GEO, allowing ordinary users to access environmental data and create maps in an easy and friendly way. The maps and data can be used in technical-scientific studies, environmental education works and in the town environmental management itself, by technicians, teachers, researchers and / or public employees. The results of the work show that, with free resources and trained professionals, it is possible to develop a catalog of environmental data to be published on SIGWEBs for small and medium towns.