Lecture 1 Flashcards
What does GIS stand for?
Geographic Information Systems
What is Google maps?
At its basic level it’s for viewing spatial data and understanding what it means
What is University of Southampton Map?
Interactive map with data of the spatial information and added attributes which tells you further about that information, where you can pan around.
What is Open street map?
Open source map where anyone can contribute to it and add information.
What is Zoopla heatmap?
They take information from the land registry office for the price every property was sold for in the year, this can be used to see trends in an area.
What is Rightmove- Draw a search?
You can narrow down your search by highlighting all the houses in a certain area
You can further narrow it down by filtering what is shown.
What is Strava- GPS?
Makes use of sensors (phones, running watches etc) to tell you different performance information, elevation profiles etc.
It’s taking information from different data sources and combining (routes, elevation, distance)
Takes your routes and splits it into segments.
What is Google Earth?
Layering feature
3D modelling
GIS as a problem solver
Finding a new home with GIS
What criteria? What data needed? GIS analysis- use procedures to analyse data to answer the criteria Problem solved? If not reassess criteria
What is GIS?
“A system for capturing, storing, checking, integrating, manipulating, analysing and displaying data which are spatially referenced to the earth” (DoE, 1987, p.132)
Who uses GIS?
Utilities e.g electricity, water
Government, e.g resource allocation/ targeting neighbourhoods
Business e.g targered marketing, store location, demographic profiling
Disaster response/ emergency management (Haiti)
Crime analysis, modelling and prediction
Satellites navigation
Interactive mapping e.g Google
…and many more
