Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Final Project

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In America and across the world, geographical information system (GIS) software has become an invaluable visualization tool that is used by businesses and municipalities alike. GIS allows users to view and analyze data from a geographic perspective. The advantages of GIS are numerous, but include the ability to view spatial trends, understand geographic phenomena, and analyze share knowledge to organize and inform decision-making. This post shows the application of GIS for two scenarios: crop land distribution in the State of Idaho and major city populations across the United States of America. By design, the scale and application of the two scenarios is varied in order to show the multi-faceted usefulness of the software.