English Abstract In 1989 Geographical Information Systems (GIS) were
introduced at the Laboratory of Soil and Ground water Research (LBG) within
the framework of the MILGIS project. The past years the use of GIS has
increased enormously. GIS technology, and moreover the application of
spatial analysis and -presentation are taking an essential position within
the spatial information supply of the LBG. Up to now the GIS-tools and
applications are mainly used in a project oriented approach. The main
object of concern during the implementation of GIS so far were the
development of the technical infrastructure, the training of the GIS users
and the gaining of experience of the use of GIS in practice. In an
autonomous development (continuation of the project oriented approach)
problems are to be expected regarding the data-management, the availability,
the integration and the capacity. Therefore in the next (and also last)
stage of the implementation the emphasis will be on organizational aspects
like management, structering and integration. Only through the realisation
of a clear structure of the spatial information supply it will be possible
to face the above mentioned problems and to create new perspectives for the
integration of knowledge and data.
