Description: Geographic Information Systems is an important part of today's life, requiring trained indivudauls such as Kenneth Weismuller to operate and maintain GIS systems.
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Geography has become very important in the last few years, by the emergence of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Your home address, is no longer a simple address, it can be used for 911 purposes, zoning issues, be placed on a GIS data map with other information, thereupon, being used to improve or provide services to the community. Your home address is unique and can be located within the network of roads, for example, community emergency services knows where you live, how to get there, the fast
GIS can be defined as a combination of hardware and software used for storage, retrieval, mapping, and analysis of geographic data. GIS combines the spatial aspect that you see (the map) with the attribute aspect (the database) to develop "Smart Maps." These smart maps, gives you the user the ability to ask the map a question and get a database answer, or ask the database a question and get a map answer.
I have been asked on numerous occasions, what are the benefits for cities, in using GIS for development and growth. GIS allows cities to put all their information into a GIS database. This GIS database consist of information gathered regarding who owns what property, to where a sewer line is located. This database would allow the city to have an updatable infrastructure of all city maintained systems. This helps the city administration with planning expansion or construction of buildings, parks, and