The document provides an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), explaining its purpose in modeling and analyzing geographic data. It discusses various applications of GIS, including disaster management, urban planning, public safety, and environmental monitoring. Additionally, it highlights the importance of GIS in everyday decision-making and its accessibility through software like ArcGIS Explorer.

1. What is GIS?
AL – the GIS guy

2. Who am I?
Who are you?
What are we going talk about today?
GIS

3. Geography
study of the
earth
and where things are
“Geo” = Earth

4. What is GIS?

5. Geographic
Information
Systems
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6. Computer systems and
programs that
help answer questions
about the world…
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Program

7. GIS
try to model
things on the
Earth

8. Use a process to build these models
Map
Decision
Making
Plan
Collect
More
Analyze
Store
Information
Visualize

9. Free GIS software - ArcGIS Explorer

10. What can
we do
with GIS?

11. make maps!

12. UC 2008 Plenary 12
Maps and charts
Aeronautical Charts
NGA
State Atlas
Michigan
Navigation
Chart
USA
Transportation Map
Paris

13. cool maps…

14. What else
can a
GIS do?

15. put important
information
on maps…

16. information = things in the real-world

17. 17
information is organized into layers
Rivers
Lakes
States
Roads
Cities

18. What else
can a
GIS do?

19. answer questions!
Answers

20. Where is the closest Chuck E Cheese?
Where was the last earth quake?
The population of people in the United States?
Answers

21. Here’s my question…
How do I get to your School?

22. Many ways to use GIS in the real-world!
Disaster
Management
Public
Health
Community
Growth
Homeland
Security
Energy
Forecasting
Agricultural
Efficiency
Carbon
Management
Aviation
Safety
Coastal
Management
Invasive
Species
Water
Management
Air
Quality

23. What else
can a
GIS do?

24. UC 2008 Plenary 24
Help us plan
Land Use Suitability
Montana
Virtual City
Bangkok
City & Urban Planning
California

25. UC 2008 Plenary 25
Manage the land
Native Land Selection
Alaska
Property Evaluation
Germany
Tax Mapping
Connecticut
Canada
Integrated Land Management
BLM

26. UC 2008 Plenary 26
Increase public safety & help law
enforcement
Fire Response
California
Crime Analysis
Texas

27. UC 2008 Plenary 27
Help manage natural disasters
Floods Simulation
Houston
Wildfire
Idaho
Wenchuan Earthquake
China
Aftershocks

28. UC 2008 Plenary 28
Manage electricity, water, phone…
Highways
Bedfordshire, UK
Networks
Canada

29. Model transportation
Real Time Traffic
Korea
Ride Share
Kansas
Transit Analysis
Jamaica

30. UC 2008 Plenary 30
Earth science & water resources
Seismic Hazards
Indonesia
Online Soil Information
Australia
Flood Risk
Portugal

31. UC 2008 Plenary 31
Monitor climate and energy
Wind Generation Potential
U.S.A.
Tropical Cyclones
National Hurricane Center
Weather Monitoring
U.S.A.

32. UC 2008 Plenary 32
Impact of global climate change
New York
Coastal Zone Planning
Louisiana
Sea Level Rise Modeling
Florida
Vegetation Trends
Arctic

33. UC 2008 Plenary 33
Protect our country
Global Surveillance
Model areas in
Europe
Geographical Security
Kingdom of Bahrain

34. kids can use
GIS in the
real-world too

35. 35
Find & collect field information

36. Geo-caching
www.geocaching.com

37. GPS – Where am I?
Longitude: 110 W
Global
Positioning
System
Latitude: 40 N

38. Who
uses
GPS?

39. Use GIS & GPS
for fun too!

40. 40
You can use GIS and GPS too!

41. 41
GIS is for thinkers!
Use it to answer questions…
Think about a topic or a place
Ask a question about it
Make a map
Perform analyses
Ask a new question

42. Your turn!
1) Use ArcExplorer to find Los Angeles
2) Find your school
3) Drive/Fly to Disneyland
4) Find out what has changed over time?

43. Pop Quiz
1. What is your favorite part of GIS?
2. What does “Geo” stand for?
3. What can you do with GIS?

44. GIS is for:
Mapping
Decision making
Planning our future
AL - the GIS Guy!
Use it every day!