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Introduction to GIS - MIT OpenCourseWare
Introduction to GIS 1 Overview What is GIS? Types of Data and Projections What can I do with GIS? Data Sources and Formats Software Data Management tips 2 What is GIS? 3 Characteristics of GIS The data Spatial Tabular Methods Data input Data management Data analysis: answer questions that may not be explicitly stated in the data Data output: maps, new data Software and hardware 4 Characteristics of GIS: Data Layers With GIS software, you can digitally represent geographic objects with a variety of shapes and layer those shapes on top of one another to create maps and perform analysis. Polygons 5 With GIS software, you can digitally represent geographic objects with a variety of shapes and layer those shapes on top of one another to create maps and perform analysis.
Data Management Tips GIS projects tend to generate many files, which are generally large in size. For file naming: •Use file names that represent the file (default names like Export_Output are not helpful if you need to come back to your project …
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