Components

Five components of GIS

• People
• Data
• Hardware
• Software
• Procedures

 

 

Time breakdown of most GIS projects:

• 80% Database development
• 10% Data analysis
• 10% Cartographic production

 

 

Three main components to geographic data:

• Attributes
• Geometry
• Behavior

 

GIS Data is organized in Layers

 

 

 

 

What can a GISS do?

• A GIS should be able to:
  • Capture data
  • Store data
  • Query Data
  • Analyze Data
  • Display Data
  • Output data

 

Ways to capture data:

• Digitize
  • Heads up
  • Tablet
• Scanning
• Tabular
• GPS
• Downloading

 

 

Types of spatial questions a GIS can answer

• Where should I buy a home
• What is the population of Vancouver
• Where can forest be harvested
• Where should land be protected
• What is the impact of climate change on area burned in Canada
• How many black bear can be hunted this year in Alberta?