Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - ANSWERSComputer based systems that deal with the capture, storage,
representation, visualization, and analysis of information that pertains to a particular location on the Earth's surface.
Geographic Information System is the orderly compilation of informati...
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - ANSWERSComputer based systems that deal with the capture,
storage,
representation, visualization, and analysis of information that pertains to a particular location on the
Earth's surface.
Geographic Information System is the orderly compilation of information about a specific geographic
area.
Operations associated with a GIS - ANSWERSCartography, land management, computer science, urban
planning, and landscape architecture.
Functions of a GIS - ANSWERSData entry, editing, data management, analysis, spatial/attribute queries,
interpolation, connectivity, proximity and adjacency, buffering, terrain analyses, boundary dissolve,
spatial data overlay, moving window analyses, map algebra, and output
Components of a GIS - ANSWERSHardware
- Fast computer with large storage capacities
- High-quality large display
Software
- Manage, analyze
- Effectively display, disseminate
Data
- Any level or type of data that is derived from remote sensing, mapping and/or surveying technologies
and references a geographic location
- Organizational products
- Provide the format and details on how the products will be displayed
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