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(Geographical Information
System)
What Is a GIS?
A geographic information system (GIS) is
a computer-based tool for mapping and
analyzing things that exist and events that
happen on earth.
GIS technology integrates common
database operations such as query and
statistical analysis with the unique
visualization and geographic analysis
benefits offered by maps.
GIS Definition
Burrough (1986) defines GIS as “a set of tools for
collecting, storing, retrieving at will, transforming
and displaying spatial data from the real world for
a particular set of purposes”
Aronoff (1989) gives a. general description of GIS
as “any manual or computer-based set of
procedures used to store and manipulate
geographically-referenced data.”
More specifically, Aronoff (1989) defines GIS as a
computer-based system that provides four sets of
capabilities to handle georeferenced Data: 1.
Data input 2.Data management (Data Storage
and Retrieval), 3. Manipulation and analysis, 4.
Data Output
The major challenges we face in
the world today--
overpopulation, pollution,
deforestation, natural
disasters--have a critical
geographic dimension.
Gis Concept
Evolution of GIS
Revolution in information technology
Computer Technology
Remote Sensing
Communication Technology
Manipulation
Management