Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book series· 2020· Book chapter
Geographic Information Systems
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Short summary
This chapter introduces Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as computer systems designed for managing, analyzing, and presenting geographically located data.
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Key points
- GIS integrates data from various sources based on geographic location.
- It provides tools for managing, analyzing, and presenting spatial data.
- GIS acts as a database management system for location-based information.
- The structured data within GIS facilitates the extraction of useful syntheses for decision-making.
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Abstract
The chapter presents the geographic information systems. A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system that allows various sources to gather and organize, manage, analyze and combine, develop, and present geographically located information contributing in particular to the management from space. A geographic information system is also a database management system for entering, storing, retrieving, querying, analyzing, and displaying localized data. It is a set of data located in space, structured so that it can conveniently extract syntheses useful to the decision.
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Field: Geography, Planning and Development
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