Tag Archives: Maps
What Are GIS Maps?
Traditional printed maps are a great visual way to describe places, but they have some problems. Where am I on the map? Where are the interesting things? Why can’t I see roads built since the map was printed? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) allow us to bring the map into the modern age, solving these problems and adding new functionality that was simply not possible without computers. GIS maps cater for the increasingly complex data we gather about our environments. No longer simply a diagram of a coastline, or a list of places, or a chart of rock-types, GIS mapping can combine all available data about a given area and deliver it in new and dynamic ways. Consider search, ever scoured a printed map looking for that elusive small town? Well GIS maps let you type place names into a search box and give you the exact location immediately. Okay how Read more…
What Is Modern Gis Service In India?
Developed recently for the purpose of using and studying geographic information, geography underpins GIS service in India and is the key to understanding it. It expresses and describes the locations of objects and features relating to the distribution and patterns of physical and human features that exist on the Earth’s surface. Modern GIS service in India Before the advancement of modern GIS service in India, analysis procedures would have been manually undertaken using transparent overlays or run through very slow and incompetent machines with far less power than today’s machines. GIS in the past mainly meant the information obtained from maps. The indispensable advantage of modern GIS service in India is that all the functionality for working with manifold sets of geographic data are assembled and automated within one piece of software with improved efficiency and speed. The input, storage and display of geographical information are now realized in a Read more…
GIS For Successful Grant Writing
Ways GIS can facilitate a grant projectSuccessful grant writing requires a clear and focused description of the project, needs, budget, and resources. GIS (Geographic Information Systems) mapping can greatly assist grant writing in the following ways:· Describing your project’s impact· Doing research and analysis· Conducting outreach, education, and advocacy· Engaging public participation· Evaluating your project’s resultsGrants may request information on how the project will have an impact on communities and natural resources. What geographic area will be served by your project? Will your project serve certain populations: low-income, those with primary languages other than English, disadvantaged minority groups? Does your project need to target a certain age group such as parents with young children or the elderly? GIS can be used to locate these populations, describe them with maps (including intersections of multiple socioeconomic and geographic variables), and illustrate how your project will be accomplished in the community. With GIS, you can demonstrate your project’s Read more…
