Geographic Information Systems

In recent years we have seen a growing interest in geographic information which is increasingly used for various purposes and application domains in areas as distinct as: geosciences economics and management sociology and health engineering planning and spatial monitoring among others. A Geographic Information System (GIS) consists of a set of computational tools for geoprocessing which allows the manipulation and integration of data from various sources and the creation of a digital database with georeferenced information. It can be seen as: a system of hardware software and procedures designed to support capture manage manipulate analyze model and query spatially referenced data; to solve planning and management problems.