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GIS
Title: GIS
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1676 | Pages: 7.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic information systems (GIS) technology can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, and development planning. For example, a GIS might allow emergency planners to easily calculate emergency response times and effected areas of the ocean during an oil spill based on the spills location. You may ask, what is GIS? In the strictest sense, a GIS is a computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e. data identified according to their locations. Practitioners also regard …showed first 85 words of 1676 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 1676 total…generating greater amounts of data. With this type of technology, scientist not only have the resources to help preserve our earth, they also have the proof of destruction at a global scale derived from GIS.
Bibliography
Magazine: GIS World October 98, February 99
Internet: www.gw.geoplace.com
Magazine: GIS Info Systems (Application of GIS and related spatial information technologies)
November 98, March 99
Internet: www.erdas.com
Magazine: GPS World January 98
Newsletter: URISA (Urban and Reginal information system association)
Internet: www.geoinfosystems.com
Government: Southwest florida management district
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