Geographic Information Systems

As part of a popular argument, the country believes in a high amount of taxes and such has contributed enough to the success of Scandinavian republic. Contrary to most Scandinavian countries, Switzerland exhibit a very strong economy with a standard class of living regardless of the high amount of taxes collected (CIA World Factbook, ND).

In the future GIS well become important to Guadalupe because the town keeps growing and eventually we need more resources near

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are a way that information can embedded into and retrieved from maps, today this is done using computers, because of the complexity of the information that can be used, but was once done manually. GIS has become common place in the modern world that we live in, they are useful for simple things such basic maps to much more complex tasks including research and statistics, city planning, as well as many more.

plays a major part of our geographic information system. With all the advance technology today

For example, Whitehead and Snow came from different backgrounds and would not have been friends if Cholera did not exist. Additionally, Snow’s map would not have existed if London did not exist. Snow’s map lead to geographical based information systems (GIS) because it took a city and mapped out the number of deaths. GIS allows citizens to view a place and overlay data to find answers. An example of a GIS system is Google Maps because the program takes a map, and overlays data, such as traffic levels, to visually show results. However, the accuracy of the results depends on how frequently the data is

GIS is a computerized integrated data management system used to analyze and present geographical and spatial data.10 GIS has been used

The solution to these issues cannot be resolved in a short period of time as these are mainly socio-economic complications, however, attainable solutions are present. As far as GIS comprehensive, this will become less of an issue as more people become familiar with using computers and maps through work and education (Carver et al, 2001). As mentioned earlier in Baker’s (2005) article, strides are being made to teach K-12 students Web GIS, for digital learning

A resource is anything that is created through a natural process that people use and value. Some examples of resources include air, soil, plants, animals, raw materials, space, land, wind, energy, metals, and sunlight. These resources can be useful to geographers because they are elements of the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere, which people interact with. Natural resources are different from human resources because human resources are created or invented by humans. There are 3 different types of resources, political- cultural, technological, and economic resources. Political- cultural resources are resources that guide a process of identifying substances as resources so we can live life. These resources are very valuable

For instance, along the coasts of Florida and California there are natural forest fires that regularly occur, and play an essential role to the delicate ecosystems of the forest. These fires control vegetation, for example with the great pine trees common to the Florida area. It also creates a cycle of changing energy in the forest from one state to another, an essential natural cycle (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services). GIS can help by creating burn boundaries to protect human development while allowing the forest to still preform its natural cycles that are highly important to the ability of the forest to preform ecological restoration within itself. Without GIS, wildfires could easily burn uncontrolled and destroy homes and displace species. As shown in image ____, wildfires that burn uncontrolled threaten coastal developments (Shmuel

Dr. Urby had a guest speaker during his class today. The guest speaker was Dr. Gilmore, he gave a presentation on Geography. He has done extensive research in South Mexico, South America, and Honduras. Dr. Gilmore’s presentation was mainly focused on explaining the fundamental concepts of geography and its importance. Additionally, he introduced the class to the Geographic Information System (GIS). This system is a crucial tool that is available for geographers. In fact, everyone can access a geographic information system by utilizing their GPS on their smartphone. Moreover, Dr. Gilmore gave the example that the Mexican Government changed their oil and gas policies to open their doors to foreign companies. Dr. Gilmore utilized GIS to highlight

GIS is critical to the utilities industry in the US. It allows them to perform mundane tasks that they are required to perform with new levels of ROI (return on investment), safety, and man-hour efficiency. It also allows them to save the taxpayer a substantial sum of money yearly, and also the ability to remain profitable while billing for less. In this paper, I will first discuss some of the basic ways that the utilities industry in the US is using GIS to achieving all of these things, then into each part of the electrical utilities industry and then delve into some of the more technical items used by the industry and their function within the industry as a whole. Geography, as defined in the Cambridge dictionary is “ the study of features and systems of the earth’s surface, including continents, mountains, seas, weather, and plant life, and of the ways in which countries and people organize life within an area.”(3) Therefore, I think it is important to define the history of electricity to give perspective, and its physical properties on a smaller scale to help understand larger concepts from a power engineering perspective. Unfortunately, there is a lot of relevant information to cover before GIS is brought into fruition.

A host of new technologies such as online services, mobile phones, GPS (Global Positioning System), and high-resolution satellite images have dramatically changed the way in which spatial data are produced, used, and shared. Volunteered Geographical Information (VGI) is a pragmatic approach to obtain free spatial data by citizens’ contribution. Although VGI has applied in various disciplines, VGI practices have just started being used in the land administration system. The core of land administration system is cadastral system. It records the land parcel rights, restrictions and responsibilities. There is a huge tenure gap in the world and current land administration systems are not able to fill this gap.

The literature available on the implementation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in local governments, examined in this paper, spans a time period from 1996 to 2014. The topics covered include barriers to and effective techniques for the successful introduction of GIS at the municipal or regional government level. Many of the articles, are case studies that begin by stating the problem, analyzing the previous research completed, and introducing a case-study. This paper includes a critical review of projects completed in the United States and internationally. Specifically, two case studies are derived from an examination of GIS implementation in Shenzhen, China, India, and the Amsterdam, Netherlands. The relevant literature covered here, traces a history of GIS implementation and barriers experienced from early projects in the late 1980s and 1990s to the present. A general theme is the importance of human factors, planning, and project support. The paper begins with a discussion of two methodologies promulgated by Roger Tomlinson (an expert in the field of GIS) and a prominent individual in the overall project management discipline named Robert Wyscoki. This is followed by a discussion of the other authors and how they compare to the

based customized procedures defined by people who are domain experts and not GIS users. This called for new perception of GIS and people and procedure were included as major interface of GIS system as shown in figure 4.1.1 (b).

Remote sensing and GIS technologies were initially developed for different purposes. However, both these resources can provide information about the earth 's natural resources. Advancements in computer hardware and software technology now make it possible for data from these sources to be easily integrated. Most GIS software packages allow remotely sensed data to be imported, or at least viewed, within the software application. This ability allows the analyst to overlay remote sensing data layers with other 5 spatial data layers. Analysts use remotely sensed imagery with GIS data sets for a variety of reasons, including providing a continuous regional view of the areas and extracting GIS data layers, such as contours or building footprints