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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Learning About Geographic Information Systems

By Adriana Noton

When you begin learning about geographic information systems, you really have to be impressed at what they can do. This technology is amazing in its ability to take data about a specific topic, and present it in a visual way, like a map, so that it is more easily understood, and can be used to analyze and make decisions about certain areas or statistics. They are used for making maps and charts for analyzation and the projection of trends. Globes, reports, maps, and charts.

The most widely used way of using a GIS is maps. But maps are only one of the many ways this technology can be utilized. It can be used to put out many types of products for taking advantage of geographic data. You can use them for solving problems and answering questions about specific trends and projected future events. They are used with lots of online mapping tools and programs.

If you have access to a database that is loaded with information that relates to geography, then what you have is a geodatabase. This information can interpret the world when it is put into geographic terms. It can be used to lay out streets or addresses on a map, or show seismic activity, or census activities. And it enables you to see how the geography of the data in question lays out, and in an accurate manner.

Sometimes a GIS in used in conjunction with a GPS, so that certain questions that are specific to a certain location can be answered. The data can be quickly analyzed and more accurately understood once it has been put into this form. What the GIS does, is to take the information and geoprocess it and make it useable with already existing database information.

In case you may be wondering who could get any use from a GIS, then think about businesses. They can use this technology to analyze their return on investment, or ROI. A lot of businesses need this kind of information. It can be very beneficial to governments, agencies, companies, corporations, and academic institutions. They can get extremely valuable and beneficial information with a GIS.

Using a GIS you will be able to see where quantities and lack of things are, and be better able to determine the relationship between places. It gives you an extra bit of information that you can use for decision making as far as how you will treat this area as far as it relates to any project you may be working on in that specific area. It take the available data, and presents it to you in map form, which is visually more easy to understand. An example can be seen in census information.

Other uses for this technology can be things like the activity of earthquakes in relation to an area, or other kinds of weather patterns. Mapping things out across a span of time, enables you to gain insight about behavior and trends. Take hurricanes, for example. This information can help in forming an idea of when and where another one is likely to happen. You can project into the future with more accuracy with this kind of information.

Learning about geographic information systems will reveal to you the awesome power they have. There are many business applications for these systems, where they need to analyze and project about future events. These data converters make understanding how the data plays out, a much easier prospect and helps to answer a lot of important questions.

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