Ever-changing parameters of the Earth's atmosphere and environment under the influence of anthropogenic load, the activityof industrial and military facilities demands the necessity for reliable assessment of the ecological condition and its forecastingin order to ensure environmental safety. This involves forecasting the further development of favorable situations or negativeconsequences and making adequate decisions based on the use of environmental monitoring using automated systems(decision support systems) for environmental monitoring. The main function of such systems is the complex automation of allprocesses related to the collection, accumulation and maintenance of various environmental registration information, in ensuringthe possibility of its further processing on the basis of modern information technologies. regardless of the level of environmentalmonitoring, the interconnection of individual units is required: observation, information collection, assessment of the actual stateof the object of observation, forecast of the future state and its assessment, management, regulation of environmental quality, foreffective system operation. The use of environmental monitoring subsystems on a single geographic information basis indecision support systems will significantly reduce the time required to respond quickly to crises, which will increase theefficiency of decision-making to achieve the relevant goals and objectives. The information can be transmitted most quickly overthe Internet, and the output interface should be convenient (ergonomic), not overloaded with unnecessary data and independentof the installation of specialized software.The modern full-featured geographic information platform ArcGIS allows to build not only a geographical information systemof any scale and purpose, but also to form on its basis an effective system of ecological monitoring.

In the paper the problematic issues of the military control automation processes and improving of the control level through the introduction of the geoinformation and special information component in the military control process are shown. The improving of the quality and efficiency of the control system can be achieved by automating control, that in turn affects the combat effectiveness of the troops (forces). The implementation of the process of command and control automation requires the using a single geoinformation framework and specialized software products for geospatial data processing.

The soil mapping is very important for the effective implementation of sustainable land management. In recent decades, the methods of mapping soil data have become much more, which improves the quality of the maps produced. Despite these improvements, field data on the ground remain the best source of information verified over the centuries and useful for soil mapping and sustainable land management. “Local” data and experience should be an important aspect of soil mapping, as farmers are one of the main end users of the maps produced, and therefore cartographic data should be relevant to the realities and needs of farmers. An important problem for Ukraine is the actualization of the quality of land. Information on the quality of Ukraine's land fund is currently out of date. The process of monitoring the state of lands should be modernized and automated, and the means to implement this process is the introduction of geoinformation monitoring methods. Currently, the main purpose of work on the analysis and display of data on the quality of soils is the modernization of research methods, as well as the display of results in a new format - using GIS. Geoinformatics is a promising scientific field that is developing rapidly. In the coming years, all areas of geographical knowledge will develop under the strong influence of geographic information technologies, computer processing of spatial information, and the use of global telecommunications networks will expand. The use of geographic information systems in agriculture makes it possible to apply new opportunities for managing agriculture and its main resource - land. The main advantage is the ability to share a database that contains certain data needed for land management, and is constantly updated and updated. GIS-technologies are also used to develop and analyze a large number of design solutions, creating recommendation and management maps in the agricultural sector.

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In recent years, the need for information about the terrain is no longer satisfied with the using of only topographic maps in paper form. The lack of informativeness of the map, the lack of employees from different departments who doт’t has the appropriate education, the ability to read the map complicate its use, and in some cases, even limit its use. For solving a number of the problems, that the automated analysis of the territory state is included, the detailed information about the spatial position of objects in a digital form requires. To date, the most of the information contains the geographic data that is the important information in the structure of the national security. According to the features of the modern information technology, the location data must be organized in databases. When creating databases, the user seeks to arrange the information by various features, so that if necessary, they can quickly search, analyze and process it. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) that can be used in different fields and can operate at different levels can help in this. The scope of GIS using is very wide. Today it is difficult to imagine the spatial modeling and analysis of the planning, management, evaluation of the results of many modern information technologies, the study of natural resources, the management of the armed forces and weapons, without the GIS using. Thus, with the helping of GIS, the digital databases are created and used, which are the basis of the digital and electronic terrain maps of different scales. In this article the information structure of the spatial database of digital map data of scale 1: 500 000, 1: 1 000 000, created by the Topographic Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is considered, and its features are determined with the purpose for the further development of the technology for the creation of topographic maps of scale 1: 500 000, 1: 1000,000 according to NATO standards (TPC, ONC) using ArcGIS software