Sunday, January 20, 2008

What is a Geographic Information Sysytem?

Definitions

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a system that provides tools for making and using spatial information.

GIS is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.
-ESRI

Implications

“Every system is perfectly designed to produce the results it gets.”
-Edwards Deming

GIS is a system. It's important to know what you want to get out of it.

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