tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52700374234393442192009-10-15T12:26:40.302-07:00G I Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09623310286509602588noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270037423439344219.post-17788409349331104462007-11-19T18:26:00.000-08:002007-11-30T04:37:29.820-08:00<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Lr72NCYjq78/R0JtMzAK73I/AAAAAAAAAAs/64NGn9GVYwA/s1600-h/land5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134786591772569458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Lr72NCYjq78/R0JtMzAK73I/AAAAAAAAAAs/64NGn9GVYwA/s400/land5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Landsat 5 TM</strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Lr72NCYjq78/R0JjLjAK71I/AAAAAAAAAAc/WVTkx2BGuuc/s1600-h/SaCA-T.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134775575181455186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Lr72NCYjq78/R0JjLjAK71I/AAAAAAAAAAc/WVTkx2BGuuc/s320/SaCA-T.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Landsat TM Image</strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Lr72NCYjq78/R0JVGjAK70I/AAAAAAAAAAU/MxuAOID7VJA/s1600-h/gis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134760096119320386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Lr72NCYjq78/R0JVGjAK70I/AAAAAAAAAAU/MxuAOID7VJA/s320/gis.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Geographic Information System</strong><br /><br /><form action="http://www.google.com/custom" method="get" target="_top"><br /><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" height="32"><a href="http://www.google.com/"><img alt="Google" src="http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_25wht.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></img></a><label style="DISPLAY: none" for="sbi">Enter your search terms</label><input id="sbi" maxlength="255" size="31" name="q"></input></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><label style="DISPLAY: none" for="sbb">Submit search form</label><input id="sbb" type="submit" value="Search" name="sa"></input><input type="hidden" value="pub-1195124678335936" name="client"></input><input type="hidden" value="1" name="forid"></input><br /><input type="hidden" value="ISO-8859-1" name="ie"></input><input type="hidden" value="ISO-8859-1" name="oe"></input><input type="hidden" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1" name="cof"></input><input type="hidden" value="en" name="hl"></input><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;">What is GIS?</span></strong></form><br /><p><a id="intro" name="intro"></a></p><table style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td bg=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><b>Introduction</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">GIS is a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, integrating, manipulating, analysing and displaying data related to positions on the Earth's surface. Typically, a Geographical Information System is used for handling maps of one kind or another. These might be represented as several different layers where each layer holds data about a particular kind of feature. Each feature is linked to a position on the graphical image on a map and a record in an attribute table. GIS can relate otherwise disparate on the basis of common geography, revealing hidden patterns, relationships, and trends that are not readily apparent in spreadsheets or statistical packages, often creating new information from existing data resources. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">Hidden in most data is a geographical component: an address, postal code, census block, city, county, or latitude/longitude coordinate. With GIS, you can explore the spatial element of your data to display soil types, track crime patterns, analyze animal migration patterns, find the best location for an expanding business, model the path of atmospheric pollution, and make decisions for many types of complicated problems. </span></p></blockquote></div><p><a id="other" name="other"></a></p><table style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td bg=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><b>Other Definitions and Explanations of GIS</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">More about GIS from <a href="http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/index.html">ESRI</a></span> </li><li><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html">The GIS Dictionary</a></span> </li></ul><p><a id="ppt" name="ppt"></a></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="COLOR: rgb(237,232,221)" bg=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">GIS Presentations </span><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">(.pdf format)</a></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">These presentations includes both introductory GIS material and an overview of its application to research in a particular discipline.</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://library.stanford.edu/depts/gis/ppt/HumanitiesDemo.pdf">GIS Basics and Humanities Research</a></span> </li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://library.stanford.edu/depts/gis/ppt/Medical_GIS.pdf">GIS in Health and Medical Research</a></span> </li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://library.stanford.edu/depts/gis/ppt/GIS_in_Law.pdf">GIS in the Law School</a></span> </li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://library.stanford.edu/depts/gis/ppt/Archeol_GIS_forweb.pdf">GIS and Archaeological Research</a></span> </li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://library.stanford.edu/depts/gis/ppt/Hopkins.pdf">GIS and Marine Biology Research</a></span> </li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://library.stanford.edu/depts/gis/ppt/GSBGIS.pdf">GIS in the Business School</a><a href="http://library.stanford.edu/depts/gis/ppt/GSBGIS.pdf"><br /></a></span></li></ul><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270037423439344219-1778840934933110446?l=gis-stellite.blogspot.com'/></div>G I Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09623310286509602588noreply@blogger.com0