GIS Services

What is GIS?

GIS is an industry short form for "Geographical Information System", a computerized system comprised of hardware, software, data, specialized personnel and training. This system is used to store, retrieve, manipulate, query, analyze and report on information that describes places located on the earth’s surface.

A GIS uses geography (real world coordinates) as the common key between data sets. It combines spatial information (describing the location and shape of a geographic feature and it’s relationship to other features) with descriptive (tabular) information about the feature.

Every feature stored answers three main questions:

What is it?
Where is it located?
How does it relate to other features?

A GIS is not simply a computer system for making pretty maps. It is an analysis tool which incorporates graphics with a database management system. It is the making of smart maps.