ppt 1

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british physician who is considered one of the founders of epidemiology for his work

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dr john snow

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father of gis

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dr john snow

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links locational (spatial) and database (tabular) information.

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GIS

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Enables a person to visualize patterns, relationships and trends.

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GIS

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This process gives an entirely new perspective to data analysis that cannot be seen in a table or list format

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GIS

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components of gis

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software
data
methods
people
hardware

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Provides the functions and tools users need to store, analyze, and display geographical information

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Software

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key software components

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gis software
database software
os software
network software

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One of the most important component of GIS

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data

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data types

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vector
rater
image
attribute

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Well designed plans and application specific business rules describing how technology is applied

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methods

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methods include the following

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guidelines
specifications
standards
procedures

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people in gis include

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administrators
managers
GIS technicians
application experts
end users
consumers

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Is the computer and the peripherals on with the GIS operates

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hardware

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hardware includes

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computers
networks
peripheral devices

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peripheral devices include

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printers
networks
digitizers

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what gis can do

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data acquisition
data processing
data querying and analysis
data display and output

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what gis professionals do

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Cartographic design
Data analysis
Computer modeling
Programming
Database administration
Project management
System administration

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modern term referring to the science, engineering, and art in collecting and managing geographically referenced information

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Geomatics

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Integrates all the means to acquire and manage spatial data as part of scientific, technical, legal and administrative operations involved in the process of production and management of earth-based data.

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Geomatics

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GIS process flowchart

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• Satellite image acquisition and data gathering
• Per feature digitization
• Ground truthing
• Merging
• Geometry and attribute value check
• Processing
• Output maps

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Is a powerful and user-friendly open source geographic information system that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android.

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Quantum GIS (QGIS)

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Supports vector, raster and database formats.

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Quantum GIS (QGIS)

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Licensed under the GNU public license

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Quantum GIS (QGIS)

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GIS includes

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land management
network analysis
incident mapping
spatial measurement
corridor selection
transportation modeling
logistics routing
resource exploration
facility management
geoprocess modeling
spread and diffusion
topographic analysis
demographic analysis
engineering design
site selection
watershed analysis
resource inventories