A REVIEW: APPLICATIONS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) IN MARINE AREAS

Health Based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their Applications

Medical researches as well as the study of the Earth's surface, better still, geography are interlinked with each other; their relationship dates from antiquity. The science of Geographic Information Systems and, by extension, Geomatics engineering belongs to a discipline which is constantly developing at a global level. This sector has many applications regarding medical / epidemiological rese...

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Livestock Science: applications

Development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in China: An Overview

Geographic information systems (GISS) were introduced into China (Mainland) in the 1970s. This paper provides an overview of the advances in GISs in Mainland China (not including Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau) during the past more than 20 years. It covers the developments of operational application systems, national geospatial databases, and technical systems. It also reviews the advances in res...

Geographic Information Science ( GIS )

Figure 5: Data modeling from the real world to a database, and from there to digital cartographic models and analogue products for visualization.. Figure 20: Sample (a) region, (b) its binary array, (c) its maximal blocks, and (d) the corresponding quadtree (after SAMET 1990a). IX he first textbook on GIS was published in 1986. Today, we can find dozens of books dealing with GIS. Yet, it is dif...

Spatial Analysis Quality of Life in Urban Areas Using Geographic Information System (GIS) (Case Study: District 2 of Mashhad)

The present study is descriptive-analytical and for the purpose of application. The main objective of the present research is to develop a combination of quality of life indicators for neighborhoods in District 2 of Mashhad. The required information was obtained from the municipality of Mashhad and the questionnaire was used. According to the population of Region 2 in 1395, which is 513365 peop...