GIS Fundamentals Chapter 1

Recent advancements in GIS have been aided by 3 technologies... Ch 1.7

1 - Imaging 2 - Computing 3 - GNSS

What is a GIS? Ch 1.1

A GIS is a computer based system to aid in the collection, maintenance, storage, analysis, output, and distribution of spatial data and information.

GIS components...Ch 1.12

A GIS is comprised of hardware, software, data, humans, and a set of organizational protocols.

GNSS Ch 1.7

Global Navigation Satellite Systems. GPS is one of several GNSS systems incorporated into cars, planes, boats and trucks.

GIScience...Ch 1.12

The theoretical foundation on which GIS is based. GIScience is concerned with how we conceptualize geography and how we collect, represent, store, visualize, analyze, use and present these geographic concepts.