Specialized GIS technology for creating synthetic cartographic surfaces.

Description
Biogeochemical regionalization of neighboring Russian and Belarusterritories affected by the catastrophe at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in order to create specialized GIS to assess and reduce the risk of endemic diseases of the thyroid gland due to geochemical impact factors.[br][/br]A method for creating of assessment and forecast maps of biogeochemical zoning and risk maps for the occurrence of geochemical diseases has been developed. A GIS-technology that allows solving the problem of integrated assessment of the combined effect of factors of natural and technogenic genesis has been developed. For the first time for the entire territory of Belarus a medium-sized iodine deficiency map and a risk map of provoked thyroid cancer were constructed. An original database has been created and the map for estimating the parameters of the "iodine impact" has been significantly refined.

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Technology Type
 Process
 Software

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Technology Benefits
For the first time spatial features of iodine deficiency in Belarus have been identified, and not only an updated map of the "iodine strike" has been created, but the risk map of origin of thyroid cancer has been constructed. An ecology-geochemical zoning of the affected areas has been carried out with zones of minimal and maximum risk. Such[br][/br]an approach was before unknown in the literature.[br][/br]

Technology Differentiation and Uniqueness
The developed approaches are interesting since they make considerably simplify the solution of many problems of monitoring and prevention of endemic diseases in zones of intensive anthropogenic impact.

Technological Keywords
Specialized, GIS technology, creating, synthetic cartographic surfaces.

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Development Stage
 Prototype (demonstration available for testing)
 Results of demonstration test available

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Intellectual Property Rights
 Secret Know-How

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Range of Applications
Creation of a system of differentiated prevention of ecologically provoked diseases, organization of scientifically grounded ecological and geochemical monitoring. The Scientifically substantiated policy of implementation of protective measures in the zone of the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 and in zones of intensive anthropogenic[br][/br]impact.

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Classifier Used at the Enterprise Europe Network
 Environment
 ICT Industry and Services

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Classifier Used at the Technology Transfer Network of yet2.com Inc.
 Electronic Data Processing
 Environmental

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Preferable Regions
 North America
 South America
 Europe
 Asia
 Africa
 Australia

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Practical Experience
The developed methodology and the technology created on its basis will be used for the company's own needs, as well as for solving a similar class of problems related to risk assessment.

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Environmental Impact
A methodology for constructing ecological risk maps has been created which significantly simplifies the solution of many problems of monitoring and preventing diseases in zones of intensive technogenic impact.

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Type of Collaboration Sought
 R&D Contract
 Joint Venture

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Terms&Restrictions
no

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Available Technical Assistance
 Documentation
 Personnel

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