Geographic Information System or GIS provides the IT professionals the tools to create “smart maps,” maps that knew a circle represented a sampling point, a rectangle represented a building and a long curvy line represented a road (Hammond, 2006). “Mapifying” data sets identifies the uniqueness of each process involves in data trail. Therefore, a project manager should understand the collision of each process and each process evaluates its success. Understanding what comprises success for the
Yong Sha Yu Sun Final Paper 04/07/2014 Geographic Information System After I reading the document’GIS Soltution for Environment Management’, it is very interesting and I also learn a lot about GIS from it. The technology of GIS is used to support and send information to environmental managers and mass. GIS allows the combination and analysis of various layers of those data in different areas including environmental measurements. According to the potential users, the environmental application areas
The Geographic Information System (GIS) is used in Saudi Arabia for several projects. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest exporter or oil, gas and phosphates; therefore, using GIS is beneficial to them as they understand further information regarding drilling and extracting the two major natural resources. Another aspect in which the geographical information system is used is for projects such as water management. A problem they seem to be facing for years, they finally found a solution
The Use of Geographic Information Systems in Real Estate Appraisal Abstract Appraisers need to show the reasoning behind their value opinions by discussing important spatial relationships and their likely effect on value. Geographic information systems (GIS) can be used to analyze these relationships and to show why a client should select an appraiser who has this level of information. Gilbert Castle has noted that real estate is essentially a game of information arbitrage. The likely
Geographical information science or geographical information systems? Goodchild (2010) describes geographic information as information which links an entity to a location on or near the earth's surface as well as to a specific point in time, he alse quotes the definition of geographic information science put forward by David Mark: "The development and use of theories, methods, technology, and data for understanding geographic processes, relationships,and patterns." Geographical information systems have
industries. One profession that has drastically changed because of computers and technology is cartography or mapmaking. The impact of technology on geographic information and mapmaking has led to new techniques and skills for these now computer-based jobs and careers. New technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS) have emerged in mapmaking. There are also new Internet-based map services including MapQuest and MapBlast as well as other digital maps
great deal of time with archaeology, including participating in an underwater geomorphological archaeological field school in Pöros, Greece. Here, I had the opportunity to practice systematic survey, lithic analysis and cataloguing, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This experience spawned my interest in GIS and led me to take a graduate level course in the subject under Dr. Francis Smiley. Under his guidance, I became familiar with many applications of ESRI ArcGIS and learned to utilize the
The Greeks first introduced cartography by flattening the earth into a multitude of two-dimensional shapes that preserve specific traits of the earth. The study of cartography is the art and science of map making and can date back to clay tablets in 2300 B.C. The word cartography is derived from the Greek words “chartes”, meaning sheet of papyrus, and “graphy”, meaning writing. This phrase was composed in the 19th century although the Portuguese scholar Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa was in
Chapter – IV BASICS OF GIS 4.1 Geographical Information system A Geographic Information System is a system that consists of software, hardware, data and the people that analyze, edit, store, transfer the information linked to any location on earth. The GIS is divided into the following parts: Skilled people Geographical data Software and Hardware People: The most important and powerful part if GIS. With the introduction of the computers, they’ve been used for various purposes and by different
“What is GIS?” Geographic information science (GIS) is a multidisciplinary field, which is flourished over past three decades [1]. As a scientific discipline, GIS helps the process of understanding spatial issues. It is used to record, manage, integrate, manipulate, analyze, and present the geographic information [1,2]. Taking advantage of these powerful functions, GIS has been widely used in various fields [3]. “System or Science?” In the early 1960s, the geographer Roger Tomlinson, the “father
Computers are necessary for accurate crime analysis because they cut the chances of mistakes being made. Further all the information needed is stored within the computer for access later by any law enforcement official in any state. Basically that means that any and all data that is collected, stored and processed will be the same as it was when it was entered into the system and will remain accurate when it is needed by law enforcement agents or when it is needed for crime analysis. Computer Hardware
Geographical information systems is a tool that lets one visualize, question, analyze, interpret and understand data to identify relationships and trends. This study was designed in order to identify the advantages and disadvantages of Web-GIS in comparison with the Desktop GIS. This was important in order to determine future trends in GIS. After comparison, Web-GIS was found to have most advantages than Desktop GIS and future directions were identified. Geographical Information system (GIS) is a
defined as a system for capturing, storing, checking, manipulating, analyzing and displaying data which are spatially referenced to the Earth. GIS has been around the block far longer than the internet and the web, with the first GIS being developed by Roger Tomlinson in 1962. This was used for Canada’s Federal Department of Forestry and Rural Development. Other than for conventionally producing maps, GIS more importantly has powerful analytical functions that translate raw data into information that is
in Agriculture and Ecology Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.) is one of the fastest growing technologies today. This field covers anything and everything that can be mapped, anything from weeds to urban sprawl, if it can be mapped, G.I.S. can be used. G.I.S. uses computers to store, analyze, and show data collected about a given topic(Kennedy 1), (Zimmerman 5-9, 73-91). G.I.S. basically turns a computer into an atlas(Kennedy 1). With all this information available, how can it help the field
Introduction Geography science is one of the most important sciences in the world which related to many elements include people, animals, plants, water, air and connections between all of these elements. As a result, GIS is one of the branches of geographic science. It is very important to know that GIS plays a valuable role in solve many issues which need to recover such as health care, transportation, demographic factors, natural disasters and forest fires as well. Riyadh city is will be the study
Geographic Technology in Real Estate: A Technology Assessment Report Introduction Real estate is defined by the Barron’s Dictionary of Real Estate Terms as the “land and everything more or less attached to it. Ownership below to the center of the earth and above to the heavens.” This definition clearly conveys the geographically fixed nature of real estate and the inherent risk associated with this characteristic that is not found in other financial assets such as stocks and bonds. It is
need for world geodetic system was recognised by the so called the geodetic community, also within the US Department of Defense. The earliest used geodetic system no longer provide sufficient data, information, geographic coverage, or product accuracy for all the-current and anticipated applications. The means for producing a new WGS84 were available in the form of improved data, increased data coverage, new data types and improved techniques. The new world geodetic system called WGS84 is an acronym
ABSTRACT These days Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) techniques has become a necessary issue as they help planners and decision makers to create effective and proprer decisions and designs. Remote Sensing is to look at the Earth’s surface with sensors high on top of Earth’s surface. Remote Sensing is mostly of 2 varieties Active Remote Sensing and Passive Remote Sensing
“Predictive policing refers to any policing strategy or tactic that develops and uses information and advanced analysis to inform forward-thinking crime prevention” (Ferguson, 2012, p. 265). The days of police officers using old fashioned police work, intuition, and detective work to fight crime have slowly been replaced with the efficiency
A GIS or Geographic Information System joins together programming, fittings and data for examining, overseeing and catching all topographical structures to show as reference data. The acronym GIS is additionally used for Geospatial Information Studies that alludes to the scholarly study or teach that works alongside land data framework. In the layman's terms, GIS intimates the joining of measurable dissection, cartography and the database innovation. It has the ability to relate data from numerous