GEO 351 Study Guide - Decision Support System, Spatial Analysis, Management System
1 Dec 2014
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Recipe for spatial data: coordinates in a grid, name of a place, latitude/longitude, description, distance, postal code. Steps to spatial modeling: convert features into abstract features (ex: buildings, roads, gaspipes, chose feature type: polygon, point, line (chose features according to format) Open source tools allow you to explore more complex approached to spatial analysis as they are community driven (scientists, researchers, thinkers) Spatial analysis allows us to scope the future. Scoping the future allows for better decision making. Foss4g: free and open source software for geospatial. First coned in 2004 (free and open source software for geoinformatics) Comprises an annual event to discuss open source gis tools. Decision makers have turned to analysts and analytical modeling techniques to enhance their decision making capabilities. To assist decision makers with complex spatial problems, geoprocessing systems must support a decision research process rather than a more narrowly defined decision-making process.
