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 high level summary of Roger Tomlinson’s GIS implementation plan for companies. 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
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
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).
plays a major part of our geographic information system. With all the advance technology today
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
It can be used by a company to portray GIS to about products, available at different locations, discount on the product. This gives a static picture intended to get the customers coming in. For this purpose GPS data is of little use. In majority of cases though, GIS is used along with GPS data in
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
In order to prevent the water quality problem, it is important to know the location and condition of the asset. Geographic Information System (GIS) or any system mapping is the foundation of inventory that will enable and manage all the necessary components of the stormwater system.
When it comes to health care systems such as GIS it offers greater opportunities for data to be shared in an effective way. Today many healthcare organizations are able to work by navigating and linking information from different resources in efforts to be more efficient in their providing of health care services. When it comes to healthcare leaders being efficient in their roles systems such as GIS are instrumental in knowing how to better serve their community. This system also helps to make health issues more management by creating a breakdown to help with prioritization of issues.
A RESEARCH CONCEPT NOTE SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFIMENT OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
GIS Analyst is a journey- level professional class requiring the application of a body of GIS theory and principles. The GIS Analyst completes standard professional level work assignments or projects. The position’s duties require interacting with multiple internal and/or external units or individuals to meet work requirements and objectives. The incumbent must have sufficient job content knowledge in the functional area to ensure standards are met. (“Unified Port of San Diego,” 2013)
GIS – Geographical information system has been implemented to improve the quality of services given for customers in Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (RJIL) with network elements asset, and Integration in various operation support & Business support systems.
a Web site for retailers to order clothing, design software to create the clothing, geo-mapping software to identify high-potential sales regions based on demographics, a “back end tool” which keeps track of orders—a database. The tea collection currently using a geographical information system and they are
GIS resources are the maps, globes, address locators, geodatabases, and tools that one wants to share with others. It can host GIS resources on ArcGIS for Server system and allow client applications, such as web mapping applications and mobile devices, to use and interact with the resources [1]. It is possible to create web-based services, providing maps for users to search and browse geographic information [2]. ESRI’s ArcGIS Server connects people with the geographic information they need. Organizations use ArcGIS Server to distribute maps and other GIS capabilities provided by web mapping applications and services to improve internal workflows, communicate vital issues, and engage stakeholders [3]. WebGIS is the integration product of GIS and Internet technologies. WebGIS differs from
In order to represent the spatial information and their attributes, a data model – a set of logical definitions or rules for characterizing the geographical data is adopted. The data model represents the linkages between the real world domain of geographical data and the GIS representation of these features. As a result, the data model not only helps in organizing the real-world geographical features into a systematic storage/retrieval mechanism but also helps in capturing the perception of user about the features. GIS packages differ according to the data structure and adopted data structure defines in-built GIS capabilities and need for customization. How the user would be interacting with the GIS data for retrieval, analysis and modeling is dependant on the structure of storing the data. Raster and vector are two basic data structure data models. How real world variations are captured as vector data and raster data in GIS is represented as figure 4.1.2, each data model tends to fit certain types of applications better than the other.
“Over the past five years, Geographic information systems have become powerful graphical database tools, useful to everyone from city planners to departments of transportation, from environmental scientists to cartographers.” (Denes 62)