Balkhash-Alakol Basin animal world database creation process for the purpose of cadastre maintenance

Abstract

This paper describes the database (DB) development process of the cadastre of the fauna of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin that will be used for analyzing the spatial and temporal dynamics of population status and the graphical display of spatial data. The data was organized using the methods of relational database organization (SQL) with sets of individual criteria adapted for different groups of animals (parasitofauna, malacofauna, arachnofauna, entomofauna, ichthyofauna, herpetofauna, ornithofauna, and theriofauna). This database considers several additional technical aspects of its further integration with other databases, for example, geographical, climatic, etc., which allows for a deep analysis of the relationship between various environmental factors and population dynamics. For the functioning of the user interface, server architecture, and program interface, an application on the Django framework was developed, which simplified the processes of software development and allowed specialists to flexibly adapt the database to the own needs and project goals while simultaneously increasing the autonomy, security, and stability of the database.