GIS Uses

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GIS Uses Tools

• INLS 110-111
• GIS Digital Information
• Uses, Resources Software Tools

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Summary of Concepts

• Three ages of GIS
• Pioneering age (early 1960s-1975)
• Experimentatuin Practice (1973 - early 1980s)
• Commercial Dominance (1982- late 1980s)
• User Dominance/Vendor Competition (1990s)

Source Heywood, Ian etal. (1998). An
Introduction to Geographical Information Systems.
p.175.
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What can a GIS do?

• Traditionally, computerized GIS's have been used
  to document and analyze problems of environmental
  concern, support utility company infrastructures,
  aid governments with capturing geographic data
  digitally, and by disciplines in related
  cartographic or geological fields.

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What can a GIS do?

• Today business managers, marketing strategists,
  financial analysts, and professional planners
  have discovered the benefit of a GIS for
  organizing, analyzing and presenting their
  business data.

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What can a GIS do?

• Today we will review various examples of how GIS
  is being applied in traditional arenas, as well
  for business and personal uses.

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GIS Applications Just a few!

• Renewable natural resources management
• Oil, gas mineral exploration
• Business applications
• Election administration redistricting
• Urban regional planning
• Transportation logistics
• Real Estate information management
• Infrastructure management
• Map database publishing
• Surveying mapping
• Public health safety
• Research education

Source Lakhan, V. Chris. (1996). Introductory
Geographical Information Systems. p. 7.
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Davis, David E. (2000). 2nd Edition. GIS For
Everyone. CD-Rom.
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Directional MapsPersonal Business

• Free
• Mapblast
• MapQuest
• Commercial
• Tele Atlas Geography Network (formerly Etak)
• Delorme Street Atlas
• MapPoint Web service MicroSoft
• NavTech Streets, home
• GDT
• Fun Terrafly, FlyteComm

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Interactive Thematic Maps

• American Factfinder   -  US Census Bureau  
• TMS v2.5 TIGER Mapping Service  - US Census
  Bureau
• Demographic Data Viewer V3.0  - CIESIN SEDAC
• EnviroMapper  - US Environmental Protection
  Agency
• LOCAL
• Durham Maps
• Wake County Maps
• Chapel Hill Maps

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Online Atlases

• National Atlas of the United States  - US
  Department Interior
• National Atlas of Canada   -  Canadian Government
  Site
• Atlas of United States Mortality   -  Center for
  Disease Control
• Maps.com  
• Altepedia.com

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Gazetteers Locators

• United States Gazetteer   -  US Census Bureau
• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)  -
  USGS
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
• Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Server
• Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access
• NIMA Geonames Query Home Page
• Public NIMA GNPS Query Form
• Australia's National Mapping Agency Place Name
  Search
• Gazeteer for Scotland
• Kentucky Atlas Gazetteer

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Free GIS Software Tools

• ArcExplorer   -  data viewer from ESRI
• MapSheets Express   -  free viewing and mapping
  tool
• Viewers   -  variety of fully functional GIS
  programs and viewers
• Translators  -  variety of data conversion tools
• Free GIS Software and Free Geo-Data 

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Exercise Exploring Jarrahlea

• Jarrahlea is a small property in Perth, Western
  Australia. The Mediterranean climate, of hot dry
  summers warm, wet winters create numerous water
  challenges. They capture water during the winter
  using dams rain tanks, which then must last
  though the summer dry season.

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• How many layers of data are displayed
• What proportion of all tea-trees are within 10
  meters of the creek?