GEOGRAPHICALLY REFERENCED DATA BASE OF POLISH COAST SUPPORTED BY GMS-DECIDE

Abstract

The coastal zone is an interactive and dynamic complex of sub-systems, where human activities and natural processes in one sub-system may adversely affect other sub-systems. Therefore, one of the most important issues in the area of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) is to avoid conflicts and to prevent overlapping of development interests of the various resource sectors such as tourism development. land use planning etc. The GMS-Decide is the software designed to create, organise and analyse data as it relates to the geographical information. It can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, and development planning. For CZM purposes. GMS might allow emergency planners and decision-makers to easily calculate emergency response in the event of a natural  disaster. In the strictest sense, a GMS is a computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e. data identified according to their locations, which is extremely useful to deal with coastal areas.