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A Brief Introduction to GIS:
Geographic Information Systems

Tuesday, December 3, 13
The world is not a given to be
captured and frozen, as is, on
the map: a world is but one
possible world to be depicted,
as we choose to imagine it, on
a map.
Asta Ciowy
‘The Roots of Walter Christaller’

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Information System

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Visualize

Analyze

Synthesize
Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Points

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Points
Building,
tree,
bird sighting.

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Points
Building,
tree,
bird sighting.

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Points
Building,
tree,
bird sighting.

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Points
Building,
tree,
bird sighting.

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Points
Building,
tree,
bird sighting.

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Points

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Points
Building,
tree,
bird sighting.

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Points
Building,
tree,
bird sighting.

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Points
Building,
tree,
bird sighting.

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Points

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines
Roads,
shore,
contour.

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data
Lines

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons
Camp,
lake,
playing field

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Polygons

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Geographic Data

Tuesday, December 3, 13
GIS
Geographic Information System
Digital Tools
Data

Explorer
Tuesday, December 3, 13
Visualize

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Analyze

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Synthesize

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Datasets

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Layers

Tuesday, December 3, 13
Tuesday, December 3, 13

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