[size=24]What is Gis?
geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.
GIS allows us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts.
A GIS helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared.
GIS technology can be integrated into any enterprise information system framework
Top Five Benefits of GIS
GIS benefits organizations of all sizes and in almost every industry. There is a growing awareness of the economic and strategic value of GIS. The benefits of GIS generally fall into five basic categories:
Cost Savings and Increased Efficiency
Better Decision Making
Improved Communication
Better Recordkeeping
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What Can You Do with Gis?[/b]
GIS gives us a new way to look at the world around us. With GIS you can:
Map Where Things Are
Map Quantities
Map Densities
Find What's Inside
Find What's Nearby
Map Change
The Geographic Approach[/b]
Geography is the science of our world. Coupled with GIS, geography is helping us to better understand the earth and apply geographic knowledge to a host of human activities. The outcome is the emergence of The Geographic Approach—a new way of thinking and problem solving that integrates geographic information into how we understand and manage our planet. This approach allows us to create geographic knowledge by measuring the earth, organizing this data, and analyzing and modeling various processes and their relationships. The Geographic Approach also allows us to apply this knowledge to the way we design, plan, and change our world
Step 1: Ask
Step 2: Acquire
Step 3: Examine
Step 4: Analyze
Step 5: Act
GIS Glossaries
There are many online glossaries of GIS terms and acronyms. We recommend you compare the definitions from three sources to get a comprehensive idea of what the term means.
GIS Wiki: wiki.gis.com
Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in GIS, Cartography, and Remote Sensing—University of California at Berkeley
Esri Online GIS Dictionary
FGDC Glossary—most terms are from the Spatial Data Transfer Standard (FIPS 173)
Geographer's Craft Glossary—University of Colorado at Boulder
GIS Data Depot Helpdesk Glossary
Glossaire SIG—French-language glossary from ESRI-France
Glossary of Cartographic Terms—Perry-Castañeda Library, University of Texas at Austi
ArcNews—A magazine featuring GIS success stories.
ArcUser—A magazine for ESRI software users.
ArcWatch—E-magazine for GIS news, views, and insights.
A Very Spatial Podcast
Directions Magazine
Geo: International Magazine
GeoConnexion
Geospatial Today
GeoWorld
GIS Development
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