Definition of GIS
What Is GIS
The real world has a lot of spatial data
- Geographical Information System (GIS) is a computer based information system used to digitally represent and analyze the geographic features present on the Earth’s surface and the events that taking place on it.
- Geographic Information Systems provide a method for integrating and analyzing spatial (digital map based) information such as "where is the nearest Hospital?"
- Alongside related non-spatial information (what services are given there?).
- Many people are becoming far more familiar with seeing the results both textually - for example when their phone shows them the nearest Hotel - and on open map systems such as Google Maps.
GIS Capabilities/ Analysis with GIS
- Location: What is at a particular location...? Where is it….?
- Condition: identify a location where certain conditions exist..?
- Trends: What has changed since...?
- Patterns: What things are related..?
- Modeling: What if…?
The real world has a lot of spatial data
- Manipulation, analysis and modeling can be effective and efficiently carried out with a GIS. the neighborhood of the intended purchase of house location of historical sites to visit
- rational decisions on space utilization
- fast and quality information in decision making
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