Introduction GIS is an abbreviation for Geographic Information Systems. GIS is a perfect blend of geography and technology. People can accumulate various forms of location data (both tangible and intangible) and produce living, breathing maps. By utilizing the power of Geographic Information Systems, users can create powerful applications. These applications can range in size from being small (surveying a single farm) to large (displaying real time voting across the country in a presidential election). The paper will begin with a literature review on the sources used for research including conference papers, lectures, and trade magazines. Immediately following the literature review, there will be the discussion which entails a thorough explanation of the fundamental concepts that contribute to the foundation of Geographic Information Systems. After the explanation of concepts, there will be a brief introduction regarding the company that pioneered the way for GIS. This paper will then discuss the current trends and major industries that are utilizing GIS. In the end, there will be a conclusion that will include a future analysis on GIS. Literature Review Discussion Geographic Information Systems is a basic input/output mechanism. The user collects geo location data such streets, buildings, or rivers and non-geo information including populations, compensations, or other meta data. After careful research, the user can compile the data and enter it into the system. With the
Some of the major technologies used in geography, have made both sorts of information far more readily available and far easier to use. Statistical analysis and modeling of spatial patterns have relied on computer technology.
Global positioning system i.e. GPS is a space based satellite navigation system that gives the time and location information in every weather, everywhere on or near the earth where there is a plain or unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.
Answer: - Coordinate system is actually a reference system which represents the geographic locations, images, GPS (Geographic Positioning System) locations present in a common geographical framework. Hence these coordinate systems allows the geographic datasets to use the common locations for the purpose of integration.
2. Acquiring geographic information: Geographic information is information about locations, the physical and human characteristics of those locations, and the geographic activities and conditions of the people who live in those places (NGS).
1. ) With new technology such as Satellites scanning the surface of the earth, cartographers can use geographic information science or (GIS) to help them make more detailed and accurate maps. This has allowed scientists to get very precise and complex information from all of the data coming from the satellite orbiting around the earth at all different distances and angles. Another use for all of the Satellites is remote sensing, this allows satellite images to be scanned in thin lines any time a satellite could scan a small area or a pixel. With this we can look at very small features of earth from space and removals send it back down to earth for Analysis. A scientist can use this tech for making very accurate maps about features such as population
plays a major part of our geographic information system. With all the advance technology today
Before understanding why geography tools are important, know what they are. There are many different types of maps. Physical, climate, economic, topographical, political, road, and many more. Things such as an atlas, globe, aerial photographs, satellite photograph, graphs, and GIS systems are also important in a geographer's line of work. A GIS is a computer program
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
A RESEARCH CONCEPT NOTE SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFIMENT OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
-A map is useful for finding the shortest distance between two places when it is used as a
GIS is a computerized integrated data management system used to analyze and present geographical and spatial data.10 GIS has been used
NGA is a key player in the IC making more than just good maps. The NGA is responsible for the employment of, “Cartographers and analysts that collect and generate information about the Earth” (Szoldra, 2013) so that officials can interpret and differentiate between the make-up of Earth’s natural structures and those that are man-made. NGA creates this data for several different reasons but some of the common uses for it is land, sea, and air navigation, national security, armed forces maneuvers, and to help those in the need of disaster assistance.
Spatial data is a costly resource to generate and maintain, spatial data consumers have been unable to accurately and conveniently link with other spatial data users to share and discover useful and relevant data. There is problem of insufficient and inappropriate metadata available for the clearinghouse, metadata problems impact on effective spatial data use. The following are examples of issues associated with spatial metadata:
Do you know why geographers are playing a crucial role in the world? Geography helps people to analyzes the Earth from many points of view, by the land, features, and inhabitants. Not only that, geographers use various types of maps such as physical, economy and cultural to represent and expand people’s perspective and better understanding about the world.
The goal would be to better facilitate fair and sustainable growth and driving the industry as whole forward I would insist that numerous local ground investigation contractors are employed with the onus to use a common pro-forma for conformity or printed and digital data visualisation. Through the HS2 ltd upskilling facilities provide standard compliant guidance on achieving conformity in scientific approach and integration with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Building Information Modelling (BIM), so that compatible data is generated at the source and instantly backed up to the cloud for security and efficiency. With Arcadis Consulting UK’s ingrained collaboration between the geosciences and GIS in its structure, combined with the BIM consulting capabilities of Arcadis UK, we can guide on the development of such an integrated