THEORETICAL BASICS OF THE SCIENTIFIC TREND OF INFORMATIONAL SOIL SCIENCE

Abstract

The definition of informational soil science as a new trend of soil science is proposed, and includes a system of ordering, collecting, storing and analyzing of the soil data at different hierarchical levels, obtaining continuous in space and time information on soil conditions for modeling and balanced use, reproduction and management of soils, resources based on environmental, social, environmental, economic and legal requirements. The subject of informational soil science is all aspects of the functioning of information, namely: (1) the processes of origin, transmission, storage, processing, dissemination of information about the soil, its properties and soil processes; (2) ways to manage information processes; (3) general patterns of influence of information processes on the nature of applied communications in soil science. Traditional and modern methods of analysis of soil information, which form the modern methodological apparatus of informational soil science, are also considered. Peculiarities of formation of thematic databases of soil formation factors, in particular determining geomorphological factor, and use of spatial analytical functions of soil information systems in modeling of influence of a relief on development of erosion processes of a certain territory are considered. Since informational soil science, as an applied trend of soil science, is considered an integrated scientific subject, it also uses the methods and achievements of many applied and humanitarian sciences. It can be argued that in connection with the development of a new direction of organization and analysis of soil data based on automated information systems, new terminology borrowed from computer science, computer theory and programming is widely used in soil science, the vocabulary of concepts in mathematics is significantly expanded. This is an inevitable and necessary for our science process that helps to increase its efficiency in connection with the use of modern achievements of these relatively new disciplines. Keywords: soil information; informatiology; data base; informational soil science.