Bazy danych GIS w planowaniu przestrzennym na poziomie lokalnym

The benefits of using GIS tools in spatial management are getting more and more appreciated among local authorities in Poland. Changing legal environment and dynamic changes in physical space lead to the evolution of the planning process so that it becomes more continuous and repetitive. This forces local communities to seek the ways to facilitate functioning of their administrations. The solutions offered by GIS tools find applications in spatial planning and management processes and fulfil the needs of territorial administration units. Creation of a spatial database as a separate undertaking can be difficult to carry out, especially in poor communes . because of high costs. Cost reduction can be achieved through creation of such a database as an element of the study on conditions and directions of spatial management in the commune. Over time the database created for the study should become one of the principal tools. At the same time it is necessary to supplement it with information related to dynamics of changes in space in the form of data important in the process of the commune management.