Visualisation of forest fires interactively on the internet

Internet has been changing the ways of data access, sharing and dissemination. It is furtherchanging the means of analysis and visualization of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).Internet GIS is rapidly evolving as Internet and Web technologies change. Internet GIS is anetwork-centric GIS tool that uses Internet as a major means to access and transmitdistributed data and analysis tool modules, and to conduct analysis and visualization.It is necessary to make use of GIS and Internet technologies in order to struggle with wildfireswhich are causing great amount of loss every year and to contribute planning activities. Bymeans of these technologies, it is possible to gather necessary spatial from different resourcesand to prepare products which will contribute to the decisions of fire managers.In this study, usage of GIS in the phases of wildfire management is researched. The aim of thestudy is to establish wildfire information management system in order to help wildfiremanagers to reduce fire risk and make use of resources effectively and economically.Keywords: Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Internet, Internet GIS, Active ServerPages (ASP), AspMap.JURY:1. Asst.Prof.Dr. M.Ümit GÜMÜŞAY (Supervisor) Date: 31.01.20062. Assoc.Prof.Dr. Fatmagül BATUK Page: 853. Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ayhan KOÇ