Mapping as Part of Medical and Ecological Services

Abstract

Medical and ecological mapping is quite difficult at any level of the territorial hierarchy in terms of methodology. The main problem is to select indicators and characteristics, as well as certain methods that most accurately and qualitatively describe both the level of public health and specific medical and demographic problems of the region. The purpose of this article is to consider the approaches and methods of medical and ecological mapping of regions as part of medical and ecological services. In the article the state of and the approaches to medical and ecological mapping of regions and settlements have been analyzed. The development method has been introduced. The structure and content of medical and ecological maps of the region, settlements and administrative regions have been described by using the methods of mathematical-cartographic and geographic information modeling when creating maps. The prospects and areas for medical and ecological mapping have been defined.