What is GIS?
August 13, 2007 1:29 pmFiled in GIS Over the last several months, I have received alto of feedback about our blog. The first thing everyone said to me was, “Yes I read it, but it did not make much sense to me.” While we all really love GIS here at GlobalMind and use it everyday, most people have not heard the term “GIS”. So, I thought I would give everyone some Internet sites that would provide good examples and descriptions about what GIS is and what it can do.
- Spatial Thoughts has put together a great post about the different areas that GIS is used. Areas such as emergency response, urban planning, marketing, insurance, health care and disaster relief are some of the areas he talks about. He also links some of the topics to other posts or sites with more information. This is a good blog post about how people are using GIS to make decisions each day.
- ESRI.com ESRI is the pioneer behind GIS technology. They wrote the GIS software that the majority of the GIS world uses.
- GIS.com is a site by ESRI that works to educate people about GIS.
