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Geographic Information Systems
2011Before addressing the diverse functionalities that can be found in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) today, a definition of a geographic information system, its purpose, and its general architecture shall be given. The different forms of GIS that are found in todayʼs ever-expanding range of information technology tools will therefore be discussed in
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Geographic Information Systems
2012A geographic information system (GIS) is any system that captures, stores, analyzes and displays data that are linked to location (i.e., are georeferenced). GIS broadly refers to all aspects of managing, manipulating, and using digital georeferenced data.
Robert Maliva, Thomas M. Missimer
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Geographic Information Systems
2020Today, GIS constitutes a fundamental geocomputational approach and tool in the analysis and mapping of past or present processes of the environment, territory, and landscape. GIS provides an opportunity to analyze spatial data using both multiscalar and diachronic approaches, and—quite importantly—in a digital and quantitative manner.
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, 2014 Although not technically space systems, computer software programs called Geographic Information Systems, or GIS, are at the heart of disaster management data integration, analysis, and sharing. GIS is where all the information from satellites, GPS, weather RADAR, field damage assessments, paper maps, and other sources are integrated and displayed for ...
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Application of geographic information system to the allocation of disaster shelters via fuzzy models
, 2008Purpose – Fuzzy theory provides a rigorous, flexible approach to the problem of defining and computing. Therefore, to facilitate decision making in a geographic information system (GIS), the graph layer indicator and the Takagi‐Sugeno (T‐S) fuzzy model ...
Chung-Hung Tsai +3 more
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Geographic Information Systems
Computing in Science & Engineering, 2010This special issue addresses the challenges in handling geographic problems at a global scale, from earthquakes to climatic change, and from water-resource distribution to mountain classification. The various research and applications herein can help foster greater insight and understanding of specific geographic problems and share innovative ...
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Using Geographic Information System to Visualize Travel Patterns and Market Research Data
, 2008Travel pattern data collected from a rural county in western North Carolina, United States, was analyzed using a geographic information system. Travel pattern data are valuable to destination marketers as it highlights potential regional promotions and ...
Charles Chancellor, S. Cole
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Geographical information systems
2004The chapter gives an introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS) with particular focus on their application within environmental management.
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Geographic Information Systems
2017The concept of geographic information systems (GIS) was introduced to cover all the essential needs of the scientific community to provide spatial information, analyze data, and create digital thematic maps through a computer. A fundamental for GIS is the overlaying of different kinds of information and data. Professor Ian L. McHarg (1920–2001) was one
Gulnara R. Vorobeva +3 more
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Geographic Information Systems
1995Americans are currently spending $500 billion per annum on logistics—moving objects and people from place to place—then, as often as not, moving them back to where they started again. Most of the maps now being used to aid these costly and complicated logistics operations are printed on paper.
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