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Geographic Information System system designed to : capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data.

Hardware -computer on which GIS runs Software -DBMS -tools for query, analysis -GUI Data Web services People

To assemble spatial information in the database such that : -information about places on the earths surface -knowledge about what is where when

Mapping and Cartography Query Select Buffers Overlay

Mapping Information about the location.

Cartography -Set the maps agenda -Map symbology -Map projections

Query -Asking questions such as: where is/whats the nearest? etc. Select -Identify features and their attributes that meet some criteria. Buffers -Rings drawn around at a specified distance from the features. Overlay -The display of multiple layers at one location.

Data Input

Query Input

Geographic Database

Output: Display and Reporting

Transformation and Analysis

It displays geographic information for decision making. GIS data represents real objects (such as roads, land use, elevation, trees, waterways, etc.) It provides methods to model spatial correlation, and predict values at arbitrary locations.