What is GIS & GPS

Asked By anonymous 7060 points N/A Posted on - 08/05/2011

I have no idea about GIS & GPS.

Please give me some advice.

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Answered By jealean 0 points N/A #79490

What is GIS & GPS

GIS stands for Geographical Information system. It is a system that integrates, stores, analyzes, maps & displays geographical information. It provides the relationship & pattern in many form like charts, reports & maps. GIS are widely used in the field of banking, insurance, logistics, media, real estate & retail industry.

GPS stands for Global Positioning System. It is an electronic Satellite Based System that is used to identify & track the exact location & distance of the user. GPS simply transmits signal information to any place on earth whereas a GPS receiver uses this information to calculate the user's exact location.

 

It is mostly being used by travellers & drivers as it provides quick and accurate route to strange areas and unknown locations.

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Answered By rdaneyelltutam 0 points N/A #79491

What is GIS & GPS

GIS, which stands for True Message Method, is a vast content, catchy to limit to someone or brief definition. It covers everything from a accurate GPS handheld pattern that gives you your modern emplacement to chase the growth of the Desert waste. It is the science of translating geographical content into a initialize that can be misused to kind enlightened decisions on anything from where to place a new supermarket to judging the near gas facility and everything in between.

The one thing that binds all these diverse things together is that they are affiliated to geography, or activity. Both spatial and non-spatial assemblage (see the box Spatial vs Non-spatial) can be stored for psychotherapy purposes to cater us kind signification of the humans around us.

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Answered By nataly 0 points N/A #79492

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The acronym GIS stand for Geographic information systems, a tool that allows geographers and analysts to visualize data in different ways in order to see patterns and relationships in a given area or subject. These patterns generally appear on maps but they can also be found on globes or on reports. GIS is important today because it is able to bring together information from multiple sources so that various types of work can be done.

 

GIS has many applications in various fields today. Some of which include traditional geographically related fields like urban planning and cartography, and also environmental impact assessment reports and natural resource management. GIS is also finding its way in business and related fields. Business GIS as it has come to be known is usually the most effective in advertising and marketing, sales, and the logistics of where to locate a business. GPS on the other hand stands for Global Positioning Systems. GPS devices are used in cars, airplanes and even in cellular phones.

 

The GPS is composed of 24 satellites, 20, 200 km above the earth. The satellites are spaced in orbit so that at any time, a minimum of six satellites will be in view to users around the world. The satellites continuously broadcast position and time data to users throughout the world. Using a portable receiver unit that receives data from the closest satellites, the GPS unit triangulates the data to determine the unit's exact location (in latitude and longitude), elevation, speed and time. This information is available around-the-clock anywhere in the world.

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