Why is GIS important?

Global Issues

Local issues

Real Estate Example

• When buying a new house you might look for properties close to a school, within a certain type of neighborhood, under a certain price, and with a given lot size.

Disaster Recovery and Impact Assessment

• When considering the impact of a disaster such as an earthquake, geologic and seismic information needs to be analyzed and then linked with details about the people, properties, and infrastructure that have been or can be affected.

Solutions

• Require different types of information
• Linked by geography or location
• Analyze patterns, relationships and trends
• Spatially-referenced decision-making