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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A geographic information system (GIS) is a specialized form of an information system.
		If you could relate information about the rainfall of your state to aerial photographs of your county, you might be able to tell which wetlands dry up at certain times of the year.
		Using GIS technology and water-supplier billing information, it is possible to simulate the discharge of materials in the septic systems in a neighborhood upstream from a wetland.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/geographic_information_system.html (2251 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Geographic information system
		Geographic information systems technology can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, asset management, development planning, cartography and route planning.
		CGIS was the world's first "system" and was an improvement over "mapping" applications as it provided capabilities for overlay, measurement, digitizing/scanning, supported a national coordinate system that spanned the continent, coded lines as "arcs" having a true embedded topology, and it stored the attribute and locational information in separate files.
		These systems allow data to be captured in 2 and 3 dimensions, with elevations measured directly from a stereo pair using principles of photogrammetry.
	www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Geographic_Information_System (3704 words)

	Geographic Information System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Geographical Information Science is the science underlying the applications and systems, taught as a degree programme by several universities.
		Geographic information systems technology can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, asset management, Environmental Impact Assessment development planning, cartography, and route planning.
		Developed by Roger Tomlinson, it was called "Canadian Geographic Information Systems" (CGIS) and was used to store, analyse, and manipulate data collected for the Canada Land Inventory (CLI)—an initiative to determine the land capability for rural Canada by mapping information about soils, agriculture, recreation, wildlife, waterfowl, forestry, and land use at a scale of 1:250,000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gis (6592 words)

	Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
		The U.S. Board on Geographic Names is a Federal body created in 1890 and established in its present form by Public Law in 1947 to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the Federal Government.
		The Board comprises representatives of Federal agencies concerned with geographic information, population, ecology, and management of public lands.
		In this age of geographic information systems, the Internet, and homeland defense, geographic names data are even more important and more challenging.
	geonames.usgs.gov (482 words)

	Geographic Information System
		A Geographic Information System or (G.I.S.) is a computerized mapping system that allows users to join together two types of information, maps and databases.
		When this information is linked together in a G.I.S. system, you then have a powerful tool that can be used to study, analyze and investigate the relationships of cartographic features and database information simultaneously.
		Once combined, computerized models showing the relationship of cartographic and database information can then be output in the form of maps and reports to assist in the study, planning and decision making process about the project for which all of this data has been compiled.
	www.tax.co.nash.nc.us /GIS.htm (1280 words)

	Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Poster
		Geographic information system (GIS) technology can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, and development planning.
		While a computer-aided mapping system may represent a road simply as a line, a GIS may also recognize that road as the boundary between wetland and urban development between two census statistical areas.
		The information content of the maps has been reduced through the process of generalization in two stages, from 1:100,000 scale on the left to 1:250,000 in the center, then from 1:250,000 to 1:500,00 scale on the right.
	erg.usgs.gov /isb/pubs/gis_poster (5021 words)

	A Geographic Information System: Enforcer, Pinellas County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Enforcer Geographic Information System is an Enterprise data initiative originating from the Pinellas County Department of Justice Coordination as an attempt to establish geographic crime analysis capabilities on a county-wide scale.
		Information on sexual predators is being updated by the Department of Corrections, and home care centers and day care centers are being updated by the Pinellas County Licensing Board through a web-enabled update interface.
		The Enforcer Geographic Information System would not be developed to its current stages, or ready to be further developed to meet future goals if it wasn't for the exemplary efforts provided by the individuals within the Board of County Commissioners Information Systems Department, the Clearwater Police Department, and the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
	www.co.pinellas.fl.us /bcc/juscoord/enforcer.htm (2507 words)

	Geographic Information System
		A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer-based tool that combines the visual appeal of conventional maps with database operations and statistical analysis.
		A layer is a collection of specific elements, such as trees, roads, buildings that can be viewed together with other layers for a complete overview of the area, or separately to give a more specific indication of the presence of that particular element.
		GIS stores information about the world as a collection of layers that are linked together by geography.
	www.rockvillemd.gov /gis/index.html (280 words)

	Geographic Names Information System Encyclopedia Article @ ArtsInTexas.com (Arts in Texas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories.
		GNIS was developed by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names.
		The database is part of a system which includes topographic map names and bibliographic references.
	www.artsintexas.com /encyclopedia/Geographic_Names_Information_System (404 words)

	Geography
		Observing the Earth with remote sensing satellites, USGS geographers monitor and analyze changes on the land, study connections between people and the land, and provide society with relevant science information to inform public decisions.
		Geographic Analysis and Monitoring (GAM) conducts research to understand the rates, causes, and consequences of landscape change over time and uses that understanding to model change processes for predicting future conditions.
		Science Impact is a focused effort to improve and expand the use of USGS science information to support decision-making at the Department of the Interior, other Federal, State, and local government organizations, and by the public.
	geography.usgs.gov (385 words)

	What Is GIS?
		GIS is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.
		It is an "Information System for Geography." Fundamentally, a GIS is based on a structured database that describes the world in geographic terms.
		Maps of the underlying geographic information can be constructed and used as "windows into the database" to support queries, analysis, and editing of the information.
	www.gis.com /whatisgis (539 words)

	Geographic information system - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		A geographic information system (GIS) is a system for creating and managing spatial data and associated attributes.
		The year 1967 saw the development of the world's first true operational GIS in Ottawa, Ontario by the federal Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.
		The development of micro-computer hardware spurred vendors such as ESRI, MapInfo and CARIS to successfully incorporate many of the CGIS features, combining the 1st generation approach to separation of spatial and attribute information with a 2nd generation approach to organizing attribute data into database structures.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/i/s/GIS_715e.html (4159 words)

	Franklin County Virginia
		Source data for the maps on this site is in a constant state of change, therefore some information may be out of date.
		Information will be updated on a monthly basis.
		All reasonable efforts have been made to insure the accuracy of this data, although accuracy is not guaranteed.
	www.franklincountyva.org /gis.htm (208 words)

	The KanGIS Community of K-12 GIS Educators
		The Geographic and Land Information Society (GLIS) is pleased to announce a very exciting new competition for high school students studying geographic information systems (GIS.) There is a rapidly growing use of GIS in schools, which gives students an insight into exciting high-tech careers that collect and analyze geospatial data.
		Investigations concentrating on the micro-scale examination of individual learners and teachers are welcome as are studies that pursue issues of geographic education at the classroom, school, district, college, state, national, or international levels.
		Their mission is to facilitate the practical use of Earth systems science and technology, and help meet the growing demand for a spatially literate workforce.
	kangis.org (802 words)

	National Historical Geographic Information System
		The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) is a project to create and freely disseminate a database incorporating all available aggregate census information for the United States between 1790 and 2000.
		Create a web-based system for access to both census data and the metadata.
		Moreover, census summary data cannot be effectively exploited without clear definitions of each geographic unit, but high-quality electronic boundary files exist only for the 1990 census year.
	nhgis.org (188 words)

	GIS - Geographic Information System
		It is a system for input, storage, manipulation, and output of geographic information.
		The GIS system used in Geology and taught by ML Crawford is
		Information about foreign geographic feature names can also be obtained from the GEOnet Names Server
	www.brynmawr.edu /geology/GIS (279 words)

	Maine Geographic Information System
		The Island Institute GIS - The Island Institute's Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing facilities support the organization's work in marine, estuarine and coastal resource analysis.
		The information is the scientific foundation for USGS Marine Aggregate Resources and Processes Assessment and Benthic Habitats projects and will be useful to the marine science community for other studies of the Atlantic coast continental margin.
		FGDC Clearinghouse - The Geospatial Data Clearinghouse is a collection of over 250 spatial data servers, that have digital geographic data primarily for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), image processing systems, and other modelling software.
	apollo.ogis.state.me.us /links (1165 words)

	Geographic Names Information System
		Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: A random sample of 10% of the entries in the system were visually verified against the compilation source data (large-scale USGS topographic maps) to ensure an accuracy rate of at least 95%.
		Logical_Consistency_Report: Locative references (geographic coordinates, topographic map, and county) are cross-checked for logical consistency.
		Resource_Description: Geographic Names Information System Distribution_Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USGS regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
	dep.state.ct.us /gis/dataguides/usgs/layers/metadata/gnis.htm (729 words)

	GIS \| Monroe County, NY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The mission of the GIS Services Division is to develop a fully integrated GIS that will support the needs of all Monroe County Departments, the City of Rochester, and local towns and villages.
		We are happy to assist both local governments and the public with researching information.
		For more information on Monroe County's GPS program, contact Scott McCarty at 585 753-7502 or by e-mail.
	www.monroecounty.gov /gis-index.php (1175 words)

	TGIS Telecommunications Geographic Information System
		It is a designed enhancement of MapInfo Professional™, the world's leading software for mapping and geographic analysis.
		As an information hub and organizational planning tool, TGIS has the ability to function as a single, centralized source of all computerized records, thereby enabling more efficient control of diminishing resources.
		TGIS is currently licensed and established as the Outside Plant Management System to a Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC) for over ten years.
	www.tgis.com (240 words)

	Geographic Information System
		The public will be able to locate property information by searching for address, subdivision name, business name, North America Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code, or street name throughout the Parish excluding the City of Baker and the City of Zachary.
		The City-Parish provides this information in good faith with no warranty and does not accept any liability arising from incorrect, incomplete or misleading information or improper use.
		This information presented by the City-Parish is intended to serve only as a reference for research of land use and parcel information; and takes no legal responsibility for its accuracy.
	gis.brgov.com (312 words)

	Rhode Island Geographic Information System Data --- RIGIS Data
		Welcome to the Rhode Island Geographic Information System's data distribution website.
		The Rhode Island Geographic Information System (RIGIS) is a consortium of government and private organizations employing computer and communications technology to manage and use a collective database of comprehensive geographically related information.
		The mission of the RIGIS is to monitor, coordinate, and provide leadership for activities related to the use of GIS technology within Rhode Island, to support initiatives to implement or use the technology, and to manage and provide access to a common database of geographically referenced information.
	www.edc.uri.edu /rigis (137 words)

	GIS to WWW Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Geographic information systems let us see the world, and everything in it, with new eyes.
		GIS is powerful computer software for managing all sorts of information according to precise geographical location.
		A GIS allows you to view this information as a map.
	www.pmel.noaa.gov /vents/coax/gis_www.html (137 words)

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