Several studies and research papers have been made in order to find out the feasibility and applicability of Geographical Information Systems in the modern world. GIS and Crime Mapping by author Spencer Chainey and Jerry Ratcliffe is one such source. Crime Mapping is a major aspect of Geographical Information Systems that can be used in major cities with crime problems such as Karachi. The study goes over the operation, investigative and strategic applications of Crime Mapping and how it must be used in order to have a maximum impact of reducing crime. Graphs and Maps can be generated with the data provided by Police Departments in order to turn raw data into information that can be interpreted to yield results. Another study into the application of Geographical Information Systems is the Systematic GIS Development and its Successful Implementation in SSGC-Pakistan by authors Syed Ali Naqvi and Zuhair Siddiqui. The paper argues that utilities such as natural gas have prime importance in the worldwide development of urban and commercial centers. The gas pipeline in Pakistan that was developed in the 1950s-1960s with expansion occurring in the 1980s-1990s is a prime example of this. Most of the data relating to the maps and scales were stored manually and therefore, access and analysis of the data was a tedious process. In order to meet the rapid expansion and maintenance of the gas pipeline, a Geographical Information System was needed. This was done by the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and the success and benefits that it provided are an organized web based application that can provide users with in-depth analysis on relevant data. Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Highway Traffic Noise Analysis is a ... ... middle of paper ... ... the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Northwestern University. The achievement of this undertaking provoked NIJ to begin the Drug Market Analysis Program (D-MAP) in five urban areas. Subsequently the systems these exertions created prompted the development of wrongdoing mapping all around the United States and in different nations. Works Cited • ‘GIS and Crime Mapping’ by Spencer Chainey and Jerry Ratcliffe • ‘Systematic GIS Development and its Successful Implementation in SSGC-Pakistan’ by Syed Ali Naqvi and Zuhair Siddiqui • ‘Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Highway Traffic Noise Analysis’ by the U.S Department of Transportation • ‘GIS for Low-cost Housing Development: A Case Study for the Evaluation of Vacant Land in North Western Windhoek’ for the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Namibia
In a world where geography only makes the headlines or points of coffee house discussion if a new study is released about how terrible students are at it, however, amazingly there ARE still students and people alike that simply love it and are thriving in their point of interest. Some stare at maps endlessly searching for things that most people would never even care to look at such as what makes this state similar with this state or why is the population more or less here. Some long to find and view the rarest maps available; others embrace the future by participating in an activity known as geocaching. Geocaching is when the participant visits special areas with “treasures” hidden using their GPS devices and smartphones. Some people even draw thousands of their own imaginary maps, highlighting details in worlds and countries they long to visit.
Paynich, R., & Hill, B. (2014). Fundamentals of crime mapping (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones &
Chrisman, Nicholas Exploring Geographic Information Systems. New York , NY : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002
Hillier, A., & Culhane, D. (2013). GIS Applications and Administrative Data to Support Community Change. In M. Weil (Ed.), The Handbook of Community Practice (2nd ed., pp. 827-844). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Retrieved from
Staff training in GIS technology, database operation and maintenance and good data documentation practises is essential.
The information system that interests me in this government department is a new established system called eKadaster (eCadastre). eKadaster is a development project initiated by the government of Malaysia but offered for further development to Precision Portal Sdn. Bhd. on 22nd December 2006. The main objective of eKadaster development is to shorten the time usually take to provide the owner with their land titles from previously 2 years to only 2 months. Other than that, the development of eKadaster is to create National Digital Cadastral Database (NDCDB) covering all Peninsular Malaysia. Moreover, the objective of developing eKadaster is to integrate eKadaster and eTanah (eLand) towards faster and efficient integrated spatial inform...
Appraisers need to show the reasoning behind their value opinions by discussing important spatial relationships and their likely effect on value. Geographic information systems (GIS) can be used to analyze these relationships and to show why a client should select an appraiser who has this level of information.
Paynich, R., & Hill, B. (2014). Fundamentals of crime mapping (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones &
Geographers plan new communities, decide where new highways should be placed, and establish evacuation plans. Computerized mapping and data analysis is known as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a new frontier in geography. Spatial data is gathered on a variety of subjects and input onto a computer. GIS users can create an infinite number of maps by requesting portions of the data to plot.
The Geosynthetics has such a major role to play in solving major problems thanks to its properties which enable them to do so. Here is a list which describes its ability.
3. To analyse the implications of planning policies and strategies as well as governance structures on the sustainability of land use, particularly in peri-urban areas by exploring selected case study regions in detail and in collaboration with local stakeholders. This allows identifying strategies for sustainable peri/urban development.
Historically speaking from past to present, crime mapping is one of the old-fashioned method for crime analysis. Since last 100 years, crime mapping was already introduce, in fact, pusd pin map was one of the oldest method for crime mapping which pin represents as the location or crime map (Ratchliffe, J.H. ,2004), and continuously is still in used now by many law enforcement agencies (Boba, 2005). Actually, the early development of crime mapping was difficult at first, like translating knowledge from specialist researchers of geography to the petitioner environment of criminal justice practice, but the police agencies was one of agencies who interest of such strategy and they also became as one of the supporter for such method( Ratchliffe,
Building a GIS system from the ground up is a very time consuming and extremely expensive venture. This is why only large metropolitan areas have developed or are developing GIS systems.
Most of the data related to irrigation management is complex, spatially distributed and temporal in nature. The integration of the irrigation data and use in irrigation planning and management has led to introduction of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other technologies (Su and Wen, 2001; Bioggio and Ding, 2001; Kjelds and Storm, 2001). GIS is very effective tool to provide information to the farmers and irrigation professionals in the form of maps using interpolation. These maps can be easily understood by farmers, planners and specialists for irrigation planning, management and research providing information most effectively and accurately.