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What is GIS?
Geographic Information Science? Geographic Information Systems? A common technical definition, A GIS is an integrated
collection of computer software and data used to view and manage information about geograhic places, analyze spatial relationships, and model spatial processes (Wade and Sommer, 2006).
A system that allows a user to work with information
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What is GIS?
A GIS contains at least these features:
A Computer A Software Application (ArcGIS) Some Spatial Data A User
Application
geospatial function.
functions:
Make a map Find directions to a
road or trail development Predict the extent of an invasive species Develop a plan for emergency service responses
Be 100% accurate
layers according to some theme (e.g. roads, land use, hydrology, etc.) and then vertically integrated or stacked on top of one another.
(Theobold, 2009).
Raster
Grids
Rows and Columns
Review
The 3 characteristics of GIS are: Georeferenced
been made possible by the proliferation of data on a variety of socioeconomic and environmental domains.
Case Studies
GIS has a wide application in the social sciences
From Mapping Worldwide From Analyzing population
Malnourishment Distribution
To Planning Emergency
Response Policy
Centers
Conveying Information
Planning
Modeling
Age
Family Size
Education
Poverty
Income
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