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Simply
put, a GIS is a computer-based system of maps that can be viewed on
top of each other. Each of the maps has a database attached to it so the maps can be used to
analyze the information as well as view it.
Today
GIS is used in virtually every business and enterprise. Government uses GIS for roads, addresses, parcel assessments
and inventories, and homeland security, just to name a few. Private
enterprise uses GIS for deliveries, site locations, and product
research. Schools use GIS to educate as well as in their day-to-day
activities such as bus routing.
If you watch TV, “The District” uses GIS to track
criminal behavior. Whenever you see the map on the screen, that is GIS at work. If you have ever gone on the Internet and mapped a route for
your vacation, you have used GIS.
These are just a few examples of the many uses of GIS.
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