What
is GIS? GIS is a collection of
computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing,
managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically
referenced information.
When deployed with a clear strategy, GIS is a technology that
can change an organization fundamentally and positively. GIS
goes beyond mining data to give you the tools to interpret data,
allowing you to see relationships, patterns, or trends
intuitively that are not possible to see with traditional
charts, graphs, and spreadsheets.
More than that, a GIS lets you model scenarios to test various
hypotheses and see outcomes visually to find the outcome that
meets the needs of all the stakeholders.
The application of GIS is unlimited. It has been used to solve
problems as diverse as where to place self-service coin counting
machines, how to improve the yield of crops in a traditional
Tuscan vineyard, or how to manage an entire city enterprise.
GIS can provide you with powerful information—not just how
things are, but how they will be in the future based on changes
you apply. GIS is, therefore, about modeling and mapping the
world for better decision making. (Courtesy
GIS.com) |
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