The Geographical Infomration System of CESIS Project

Abstract

CE.S.I.S. project, promoted by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology and funded by Ministry of Instruction, University, and Scientific Research (MIUR) foresees the realization of a permanent seismic, accelerometric and geodetic network in Southern Italy, and the consequent realization of a Research Centre for seismology and seismic engineering.The Geographical Information System (SIT) is a main part of the CESIS Project, because it proposes to collect and to integrate cartographic and descriptive information for the analysis of the territorial, seismological and geological characteristics of South Italy. The SIT has a double role: first, it is a support in the activities of the technicians and researchers, especially in siting of both seismic and GPS stations; second, with its huge amount of geographic information, it renders the starting base for applications Gis-based in the seismology and for evaluation of the seismic risk.