GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ron Joyce, Canadian Medical Association, Geographic Information System
22 Nov 2017
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What is a gis: a gis is a collection of hardware, software, data, methods, and people, designed to capture, store, manage, manipulate, analyze and visualize all types of geographic data. Gis is not new, canadian invention 53 years ago however it is constantly evolving. Today gis is seen as a platform. Many of today"s issues are too complex to be solved by a single tool. These issues are too pervasive to be addressed by a single organization or a single discipline, rather they must be grappled with by people who know how to think spatially across many organizations, scales, and disciplines. Fully functional gis"s today provide a common framework upon which we can build tools, models, and procedures that will help us to make better decisions. Gis is a multibillion dollar business used in many sectors of our economy, estimated revenues of 274$ billion globally, growing at a rate of 30% per year.
