GIS stands for “Geographic Information System,” a specialized software that works with geographic data, allowing computer-generated maps to be created, edited, displayed and analyzed. Maponics provides geographic data that the average person probably doesn’t appreciate because they might not even realize they are utilizing it. Location information is built in to the core of that data, which is built using GIS software.
GIS tools are used to create interactive queries, analyze spatial information, edit data in maps, and present the results of all of these options. This method of data mapping is vital to community planning and public agencies, who need to plan for development of everything from schools and emergency services dispatching, to road and utility maintenance. GIS tools are also essential to daily life in today’s society of smart phones, both for the consumer and the business owner.
GIS was first developed in Canada in the 1960s and used as a tool to analyze and manage land inventory. Since then it has grown exponentially, being used across a wide spectrum of map data, planning, and everyday life. GIS allows users to relate information from different sources, and as a result, an incredible variety of real-world and projected past or future data can be analyzed, interpreted, and represented. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Likewise, a well-crafted map, created using a GIS system, can visually present a lot of complex data in a very straightforward way.
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