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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Connecting People with the World Around Them
An Information System Remember those overlay maps of the human body from grade school?
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A Geographic Information System
A GIS is similar, layering mapped information in a computer to help us view our world as a system
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
What is GIS? A Geographic Information System is a collection of tools to build, maintain, and use electronic maps and associated databases
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
What Does GIS Do?It locates:
Physical infrastructure, like water and sewer pipes
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
What Does GIS Do?It locates:
Areas, like land use
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
What Does GIS Do?It locates:
Incidents, like crime statistics
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
What Does GIS Do?It locates:
Quantities or densities, like disease mortality rates
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
What Does GIS Do?It identifies:
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
From Maps to InformationMore than just maps
In a GIS, the maps have tables of data behind them.This means when you combine different maps you combine data to get the information you need.
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What Does GIS Do? It allows questions to be asked from the map side or from the database sideParcel IDOwner Address City State Zip Property Value Name Phone School Dist Fire Dist Police Dist Zip
897-2874A
897401 Jane Doe 110 E Oak Anywhere Indiana 46060 $72,000Jane Doe 776-6300 Center No. 12 Centertown 46060897401
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
What Does GIS Do? It allows questions to be framed geographicallyOutside
From Not AdjacentRight
Inside Left
To Adjacent
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
What Does GIS Do? It organizes a wide variety of spatial information typesCAD data GIS data Pictures Video Audio
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
GIS Can Answer Questions Identify all land parcels between 5 and 10 acres within 1 mile of interstate access with developed utilities. Highlight all CRP pipes greater than 24 in diameter installed before 1965. List names and phone numbers of all owners of property within 150 feet of the center of Oak Street between 10th and 14th Streets. List in descending order of property value. Find county bridge number 75 and play the inspection video that shows its defects.Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
How Does GIS Provide Benefit? GIS improves efficiency GIS identifies opportunities GIS improves decisions by providing needed tools and data
Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships
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