Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Geographical Information System

What is GIS?

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) store, analyse and visualize data for geographic positions on Earth’s surface. GIS is a computer-based tool that examines spatial relationships, patterns and trends. By connecting geography with data.

The 4 main ideas of GIS are:

·         Create geographic data.

·         Manage it in a database.

·         Analyse and find patterns.

·         Visualize it on a map.

Google Earth is by far the most used GIS application in the world. While many people use…