A Hands-on Introduction to GIS with a Simple Application to Wi-Fi Security

Information Systems traditionally involve the application of computing to solve the problems of organizations. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are characterized by data, spatial objects, which have locations (e.g. addresses, landmarks, geopolitical boundaries, etc.) and data associated with them (e.g. demographic information, value, etc.). While many associate GIS systems with scientific data, emerging applications and research involve solving problems which ask IS related questions about geospatial information and are applied in many situations including security, customer analysis, market analysis, site selection, and the sciences This workshop will give a hands-on overview of GIS using a variety of freely available tools and web-based datasets (US Census data, Google Maps, Open Source GIS (QGIS), ArcGIS) to give participants the knowledge needed to get started developing their own applications. Participants with laptops will create their own GIS application. A non-hands on version of the workshop was presented at AMCIS 2007 and at numerous national and international conferences. Workshop Leader Information Name: Daniel Farkas Affiliation: Pace University Postal Address: 861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY, 10570 Telephone: 914.773.3396 Cell: Fax: Email: [email protected] Additional Workshop Presenters (copy for each one) Name: Li-Chiou Chen Affiliation: Pace University Postal Address: 861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY, 10570 Telephone: 914.773.3396 Cell: Fax: Email: [email protected] Speakers' background, description of workshop, and envisioned activities during the workshop (please provide information for each speaker)