title: Experience in creating an information system for the rational use of soil resources
abstract: The structure and functions of the “SoilGeographical Database of Russia Information System” (ISSGDBR) implemented on the platform of the Soil Science Faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University are considered. The current state of national soil databases and developing on that base international soil information systems are described. The created information system consists of three sections. The first section includes soil maps of different scales and maps of the natural conditions of the 
journal: Lomonosov Soil Science Journal