The Use of GIS and Handheld GPS Integration for the Preparation of Quick Plans

All kind of data is the important component of a GIS studies. The data which will be used for GIS works is mostly provided from an digitized maps, existing paper maps, areal photos or satellites images. Nowadays the data from GPS can be used to make plans and maps of the studied area and the GPS data can be converted into the GIS environment more easily. GIS and GPS integration systems have some useful applications for the rapid preparation of plans and maps of small areas. This paper will try to explain GIS-GPS integrated systems and give applications during the preparation of Eskisehir Industrial Area plans and Gundogan-Bodrum Touristic Area plans. GIS and GPS Integration Definition of GIS The glossary of GIS books generally describes the GIS as “An organized collection of computer hardware, software, geographic data, and personnel designed to efficiently capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display all forms of geographically referenced information” (Anon, 1990). Every interested person can find different GIS definitions which might be useful for their purpose. Each data for GIS must have geographic reference value and identify the location of it on the ground. Many users have been using computers for manipulation of spatial data since 1960s. During the 1980s, advances in computer hardware, particularly processing speed and data storage, catalyzed the development of GIS software for handling spatial data. GIS is filling a very real need in the face of the rapid growth of digital spatial data in a wide application fields, from social to technical studies (Carter, 1994).