GIS applications
Geographic information systems (GIS) (also known as Geospatial information systems) are computer software and hardware systems that enable users to capture, store, analyse and manage spatially referenced data.[1] GISs have transformed the way spatial (geographic) data, relationships and patterns in the world are able to be interactively queried, processed, analysed, mapped, modelled, visualised, and displayed for an increasingly large range of users, for a multitude of purposes.[1][2][3]
Examples of GIS applications
Uses of GIS range from indigenous people, communities, research institutions, environmental scientists, health organisations, land use planners, businesses, and government agencies at all levels.[3]
Some examples include:
- Crime mapping
- Historical geographic information systems
- GIS and Hydrology
- Remote sensing applications
- Traditional knowledge GIS
- Public Participation GIS
- Road networking
- Wastewater and stormwater systems
- Waste management
See also
- Geographic information system
- China Historical Geographic Information System
- Canada Geographic Information System
- Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
- GISCorps
- Great Britain Historical GIS
- Society for Conservation GIS
References
- ^ a b GIS.com Guide to Geographic Information Systems Accessed 13 March 2008
- ^ Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis's GIS Timeline displaying the development and grow of GIS from the 1960s to the present day Accessed 13 March 2008
- ^ a b Geographical Information and Technology Association web page Accessed 13 March 2008
