GEOG 3480 Study Guide - Final Guide: Uptodate, Geotiff, .Dbf
2 Dec 2016
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Regional and environmental geography, application of geomatics. Gis does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)elo(cid:374)g to geographers o(cid:374)ly, it is used as a tool for e(cid:374)gi(cid:374)eeri(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d ur(cid:271)a(cid:374) pla(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, (cid:373)ilitary, forestry, criminology, etc. Has economic impact as the gis software development, data acquisition, and services industries combined = a multibillion dollar market. Gis has had strongly impacted the education sector and academic research. Canadian geographic information system (cgis): developed by roger tomlinson in ottawa. Computer graphics and spatial analysis: grid, symap. Is a subset of information science that deals with spatially or geographically referenced data. Is different from mapping and computer aid-cartography because of its analytical capacity. Is different from cad programs because it performs spatial operations. Is different from dbms because it has a cartographic interface. What is gis: gis is a computer system, uses geographic data (ie spatially referenced, carry out management and analysis operations, a gis must also have some means of data output, eg: map display.
