Introduction To GIS
Introduction To GIS
Introduction To GIS
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Contiguous Perforated
Fragmented region
region region
GIS technology
❧ hardware
● organization
• intranet: servers & client computer stations
• PCs
• internet
● considerations
• processing power
• file size (very large)
• data access
GIS technology
❧ software
● proprietary
● open standard
❧ companies
● ESRI
• ArcInfo & ArcView
• ArcGIS
● Intergraph
● MapInfo
Application of GIS
❧ table - p 12
❧ academic
❧ business
❧ government
❧ industry
❧ military
Users of GIS
❧ Specialist: includes programmers,
designers, developers
❧ General Users: planners, scientists,
administrators (us)
❧ Viewers: everyone (our “clients”)