Systemy informacji geograficznej w planowaniu poszukiwań morskich - możliwości i perspektywy rozwoju

The development of the information technology, the automatic searching methods and Geographical Information Systems are present in many new fields of science. In this paper the analyses of the automatization of the traditional methods in the sea searching, the evolution of the sea navigation and the life-saving are introduced. Some of the most important new tools and trends connected with Search and Rescue actions are described. The special attention is given to present connections between SAR and GIS fundamental functions. The paper shows some examples of the GIS solutions in the sea specialistic software.