Topic 01 - Intro to GIS and GISc.pdf

GEOG 482 Topic 01 GIS and other geospatial sciences, GIS components of a basic hardware configurations GEOG 482 2 GEOG 482 3 GEOG 482 4 Cartography & Geovisualization HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Remote Sensing GIS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Analytical Methods GEOG 482 5 GEOG 482 6 GEOG 482 7 Geography Computer Science...

GEOG 482 Topic 01 GIS and other geospatial sciences, GIS components of a basic hardware configurations GEOG 482 2 GEOG 482 3 GEOG 482 4 Cartography & Geovisualization HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Remote Sensing GIS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Analytical Methods GEOG 482 5 GEOG 482 6 GEOG 482 7 Geography Computer Science Math Statistics Physics GIScience and Technology Geographic Information Science Applications Geospatial Technology Philosophy Information Science & Tech Application Domains DATA Raw facts: Geocoded addresses, credit card history, gas receipts INFORMATION Data selected, assembled, and prepared for a particular use, often in a spatial database KNOWLEDGE Information understood, usually with context and evidence Organized into Analyzed into Used to create WISDOM GEOG 482 Informed decisions made 9 To gain an understanding of GIS and other geospatial sciences, and their position within geography and other related disciplines components of a GIS basic hardware configurations GEOG 482 10 https://www.esri.com/en-us/what-isgis/overview “The focal point of Geographic Information Science is the technical implementation of Geographic Information Systems. In other words, it involves the conceptual ideas for how to implement GIS.” https://gisgeography.com/giscience-geographicinformation-science/ https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/gis-datalayers-visualization GEOG 482 11 GEOG 482 12 GEOG 482 13 Organization Adapted from: Longley et al. (2015) Geog. Info. Science & Systems, 4th Ed. Wiley. GEOG 482 14 Project Workgroup Enterprise Societal Project Workgroup Enterprise Societal GEOG 482 16 Project Workgroup Enterprise Societal GEOG 482 17 Project Workgroup Enterprise Societal GEOG 482 18 Qatar's Nation-wide GIS GEOG 482 19 Project Desktop GIS Software Workgroup Enterprise Societal GEOG 482 Enterprise-level relational databases, specialized server software Enterprise GIS combined with nationally standardized procedures, data sources 20 architecture GEOG 482 software An overview of the ArcGIS platform component architecture (source: esri.com). 21 GEOG 482 22 User Interface Tools Data Management Data Presentation Business Logic Data Server To gain an understanding of GIS and other geospatial sciences, and their position within geography and other related disciplines To gain a broad understanding of the technical components of a GIS Levels of software deployment The three-tiers of software architecture basic hardware configurations GEOG 482 24 GEOG 482 25 LAN Image source: Microsoft Clip Art Gallery Desktop GIS Clients Data Server DBMS LAN Image source: Microsoft Clip Art Gallery GEOG 482 28 Clients Application Server Data Server GIS Server LAN, WAN, or Web DBMS Image source: Microsoft Clip Art Gallery, OpenClipArt.org GEOG 482 30 GEOG 482 31 geospatial sciences components of a GIS basic configurations GEOG 482 32 GEOG 482 33