Essays on GIS

The Geographic Information System more commonly referred to as GIS is amongst one of the several methods used by environmental managers to assist them in making more informed decisions about the environment. However, the usage of this technology is not limited to environmental managers. Other users of this technology include; private sector, public sector, on field analysts, web users, and international organizations. The flexibility of this technology and wide usage has been the major contributors towards the success of GIS.

The Geographic Information System allows the analysis of several factors regarding the environment in a single ...

Annotated Bibliography

Introduction Ethics is important in any professional body. This paper focuses on some of the ethical studies done on urban development in regional and town planning. Through the paper, one will examine some of the sources that will be used while dealing with the mentioned topic. Most of the sources that have been used in this annotated bibliography are American. This is because one believes America has a more ethical background in ethical issues dealing with urban development. In addition, the chosen articles are more relevant and deeply researched making them more appropriate for the study. By using American ...

BULLETS 1 to 3: .Any findings can then be used to fill in the gaps that may exist in the extended use of Australian public libraries by traditional and techie users. The reason I chose this project is apparently due to the technological breakthroughs (e.g., Internet, cloud computing, ...

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This paper is a study about Creative Edge Parties, a thriving catering and service company in New York. It has been in the industry, serving restaurant-quality food and service, for 25 years. Carla Ruben leads her team through the mission and vision of delivering quality events. It is estimated that the company profits $500, 000 to $1 million annually.It received the “Best Caterer” award via the Bizbash magazine, a publication on event planning. Despite this, the recognition as the most popular caterer goes to Le Pierre while the top rated company is Amoraco. This is through Thumbstack, a search engine of food ...

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“Geospatial data, GIS data or geodata has explicit geographic positioning information included within it, such as a road network from a GIS, or a geo-referenced satellite image.” (1) Geospatial term specifies two things – ‘Geo’ and ‘Spatial’. Geographical factors, is combined with spatial management, to create a geospatial data. These are almost three dimensional, and have much better information factor than a normal map.

A geospatial data is developed ...

Summary

This paper will clearly show the connection between personal responsibility and college success. It will discuss the requirements and strategies that need to be followed in order to succeed in college life as well as maintain a better life in other schedules. This involves balancing responsibilities at work and maintaining effective relations with family members. It brings out the positive aspects acquired in college life that help to shape the livelihood of people in the society. Issues like proper time management, help in shaping the life of a human being and make them responsible people.

Personal Responsibility and College Success

Personal responsibility refers to the act ...

Geographical information systems (GIS) can be defined as the integration of computer hardware and software to capture, manage, analyze and disseminate any kind of geo-referenced information.GIS provide comprehensive data for accessibility analysis since accessibility connect activities at one point of origin to the other point of destination through any mode of travelling to effectively manage demand and supply of goods and services.

While considering production and attraction of travelling between activity areas, transportation planning agencies can use travel demand modeling to produce data needed to make planning decision with trip distribution models used to establish travel characteristics of the ...

Cutting Edge technologies used by Corporations

An example of innovative technology being used by corporations includes Cisco systems. This technology has low power consumption, recycling efforts, switching tools and green power supplies. Cisco’s networking equipment is the backbone of the Internet and most private networks (Shelly and Vermaat, 2010). Additionally, corporations are employing the use of geographical information systems as another innovative technology. With geographical information system (GIS), corporations can be able to perform certain activities such as disaster management, simulation and modeling, environmental management, watershed management, homeland security, GIS based support systems, global positioning systems and remote sensing. Organizations are also employing innovative ...

GIS and Organizational & Business Strategies

The use of Global Information Systems have emerged a couple of years ago and many organizations have actually started using it for various reasons. This is one of the major reasons why there is a need to study the major benefits of GIS to businesses and other organizations. Most organizations employ different information systems hoping it would optimize their strategies without even knowing what ISs are and how they work. This paper tackles the major benefits of GIS and how they could help businesses and organizations gain competitive advantage over other companies and enhance their strategic management. GIS could potentially ...

Introduction

Geography is very important. Specifically, the geographic concepts are important to understanding the world thoroughly. The geographers, content experts, and geography educators contribute many relevant things in geography; the human, physical, historical, political, cultural, and economic factors can greatly influence the people and the environment. Everything in the world is related with each other; however, the nearer the things are, they are more related as compared to distant things. The product of the geographic thinking and its reasoning on the natural world and the human phenomena is the geographic knowledge. It only implies that the knowledge of and about ...

1. The three modules pertaining to, inspiring sustainability of GIS in health care are described below: I. Creating and sharing database: Health care has entered a new age where precision in diagnosis and treatment has started to become top priority. With advancement in genomic, a wealth of information, that can help predict, prevent and intervene with the diseases process, is now available. In addition a lot of data are created by the health care industry. Very often these data’s are not handled and used to their best. Data requirements for GIS involves spatial data, attribute database, data presentation methods, location ...

There are various categories of technologies that run the modern world and without which the human life would be traumatized. Man has integrated his environment with his artificial creations to achieve better results from life activities. The environment comprises of the ecosystem where human beings interact with their day-to-day operations. Some of such aspects that man has invented into his environment are geo design, geographic information science and geographic information science. Geo design involves technology, inventions and techniques for planning man-made and natural environmental systems in a procedural integrated manner that includes analyses, design and design creation, project conceptualization ...

Geographic Information System

Access to good health services in many countries is very crucial for effective treatment among the population, hence preventing most of the unnecessary deaths in the society. Primary care is singled out as the most important form of healthcare for population health management since it is the corner stone of healthcare delivery to people in the developing countries for instance. It is low priced and therefore can be conveyed more easily compared to any inpatient care and distinctive feature, and if apportioned correctly, it will effective in avoiding on large scale the advancement of the disease. The human ...

The article, “GIS Solutions for Environmental Management” was very informative. I learned many things about the program itself, as well as the services it offers. The article also taught me about ESRI GIS products, along with how professionals use them to manage the environment. The article also explained environmental problems, and how GIS is used to help aid those problems. Overall, I found the article very stimulating and educational. According the article, GIS stands for Geographic Information System. The technology that supports it is used to deliver information concerning the environment to the public, as well as environmental ...

This paperwork will comprise of what I have learned about GIS by tackling the following questions: What is the technology of Geographic Information Systems? How the ESRI’s GIS products designed for environmental management? How can GIS be used to help solve the complicated physical environmental issues in the real world? I have learned that the geographic information system technology maintain and convey information to both the community and the environment managers. The flexibility of geographic information system also permits the examination and amalgamation of numerous layers of location-based statistics plus ecological measurements. ESRI’s geographic information system ...

The Geographic Information System which is more commonly referred to as the GIS is a powerful software technology that assists environmental managers in making informed decisions about the environment. As this environment provides the breeding ground for all living things it is essential to preserve this place for future generations. A vast amount of information regarding the environment can be stored in this software and be made available to its users. Having said that, the users of the GIS technology are not limited to environmental managers rather it includes; public and private sectors, field analysts, online users, and international organizations. ...

Technology and other advancements have caused the deterioration of the environment in which we live. Governments across the world are taking preventive and corrective steps to ensure the environment is preserved for future generations. Since, all living things are dependent upon their environments it is essential to ensure the negative impact of human activities is minimized. One of the methods that environmental managers are using is the use of the geographic information system (GIS) that helps them monitor the environment from different perspectives. The GIS system is not only used by environmental specialists but there are several users of ...

Assignment #1: Usability AssessmentCRWR 213-002[Your first and last name][Your student number]

1. Describe the experience of downloading the app and using it to locate a Megaphonevendor downtown. Were you successful in finding a vendor using the application? Downloading the application was an easy task since I clearly understood the stipulated instructions. I managed to download it and install on my smartphone within a short time. The size of the application was also convenient for the space on my phone as I was not obliged to delete any other features to accommodate it. Locating a vendor downtown gave me a hard time, mainly because it was my first time to experience such an application. Despite ...

With the advance in technologies the ability to organize or manipulate data to be more useful in everyday operational and strategic planning as become a key element for success. We can view this in one such systems recognize as the Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This study tends to define what GIS (Geographic Information System) is and explain how GIS can be beneficial in the Health Care sector by manipulating raw data to be simulated into useful information by medical personnel’s in the Health Care Sector. In order to understand the benefits that derive from using a Geographic Information ...

Hybrid Wind and Solar Powered Outdoor Lighting

Team: MET-421-001 Senior Design Project I Winter 2014

Abstract 1

Project Description 2 Photovoltaic Cells 3 Wind Turbine 4 Integrated Controls Unit 6 Battery 7 LED Lighting 8 Patent /Market Review 9 Economic Analysis 9 Conclusion 13

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Appendix 15 Abstract The United States Department of Energy has laid out a vision in 2011, which includes to have the U.S. secure a leading role in clean energy technologies. With current global considerations to conserve natural energy resources and convert to more sustainable methods of power generation, applied efforts need to be ...

Instructional Uses Of 3d Modeling Or Animation

Abstract The aim of the paper is to compare the results of two studies on the instructional uses of 3d modeling or animation, and whether they are having a positive impact on the learners. Different studies do point out to the positive outcome of uses of 3d modeling or animation in different fields. However, still more studies are needed in this direction to make robust conclusions as some of the studies display mixed results.

Introduction

3D modeling and technologies plays an important role in the educational process and creates a richer and interactive environment. The technology has made great strides in ...

Introduction

Prussian blue was discovered by Diesbach and Dippel between 1704 and 1707 in Berlin and was initially used as a synthetic pigment. The new pigment of Prussian blue was less expensive but readily produced unlike the other blue pigments initially used during the blue color paintings. 1 Evidential document provides that Prussian blue was produced in Berlin between 1708 to 1716 by Frisch and Diesbach. Selling of Prussian blue was initially done by Frisch. Dippel also produced the compound while he was in Netherlands until 1714. Frisch and Diesbach attempted to keep the secrecy of the production of Prussian blue ...

Introduction

As a field of engineering, petroleum engineering puts much emphasis on production of hydrocarbons in form of either natural gas or crude oil. Production and exploration of these hydrocarbons is a difficult task which presents various challenges to the technologists. To handle this problem, a number of tools and softwares have been created o ensure the task is easy. Although there are many softwares that are used in this industry, some of them are more basic. These may include the ArcGIS, Goggle Earth, he Petra, excel and PHDWin. This paper discusses these softwares and the role they play in the petroleum engineering ...

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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper is a study about Creative Edge Parties, a thriving catering and service company in New York. It has been in the industry, serving restaurant-quality food and service, for 25 years. Carla Ruben leads her team through the mission and vision of delivering quality events. It is estimated that the company profits $500, 000 to $1 million annually.It received the “Best Caterer” award via the Bizbash magazine, a publication on event planning. Despite this, the recognition as the most popular caterer goes to Le Pierre while the top rated company is Amoraco. This is through Thumbstack, a search ...

Investigative Plan

Introduction This paper describes an investigative plan designed to deal with the spate of daytime robberies occurring recently in this city. The plan will draw upon the limited information obtained by our police officers in respect of each of the robberies. Aspects covered in the investigative plan will include the investigative steps needed, the technological assistance/support required, the analysis of any pattern to the robberies, the method(s) to be used to synthesize the available data, the types of investigative units to be used, and the procurement of needed supplies and equipment (which might require additional funding).

Investigative Steps Required

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Introduction to GIS

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is an emerging industry throughout the world. It is a tool that allows users to visualize and present data in several ways. This enables them to observe and report patterns and relationships within a given area, subject or between given variables. These patterns and relationships are generally displayed on maps, but they can also be represented on a globe, on charts and in reports. Its importance lies in its ability to bring together information from a number of different sources and ensure that specific work is carried out. Latitudes and Longitudes are ...

[Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees] [Institutional Affiliation(s)] [Include any grant/funding information and a complete correspondence address.] In Geospatial Information System (GIS), data is referred to a place, or a set of topographical points that can be joined together, used, and demonstrated in real time. An aspect of geospatial technology is the ability to analyze maps without actually looking at one, and track humans or animals round the clock by integrating a GPS (Global Positioning System) with spatial boundaries that describe political boundaries . Geospatial information systems associate geospatial information in special methods, either by using ...

Chapter V

Discussion of Results and Conclusions This dissertation began with a quote from Raphael and Espiau (2010, par. 9) describing the positive outcomes that are the goals of TOD. Those goals include offering a high quality of life, healthy neighborhoods, and increased public transit infrastructure. The goals are expected to create equitable communities because jobs and equal access to facilities and services exist. Hollywood in Los Angeles County (LAC) has had especially challenging problems due to the sheer number of cars and people involved in the congestion of the highways. The LAC Metro has been a forerunner in the U.S. in organizing ...

Background

IMESS is an organization that is seeking to provide a cost-effective solution to GIS, topographic and hydrographic surveying and other associated services. In addition to these, the services that the organizations plans to offer to its clients include mapping and charting, tidal analysis and prediction, sunrise/ sunset, moonrise/ moonset, land and marine boundary determination, consulting, plotting and printing, and hiring of personnel and equipment. It plans on entering the UAE market at first – establishing its first offices in the emirate if Ras Al-Khaimah - consolidating it and subsequently spreading to other parts of the world. However, this growth will be ...

Geographic information system is a technology that supports science by offering problem solving capabilities using data from geographical sources (Longley et al, 16). This technology uses a software product that can be installed on machines in order to be able to analyze digital representation of the geographic world. This technology consists of a particular component that gives it the ability of constructing, analyzing and representing geographical features in digital form. It consists of components which include an interface, data output and presentation, storage and database, data verification transformation and analysis (Melnick 9) that are connected together via a network. It is a powerful technology ...

Graphical Information Systems or GIS has been a used as a major tool in successfully managing the protection programs and restoration of the environment. This has been proven because of the interdependency of the ecosystem we live in and the impact of what humans do to the environment. Government and private organizations and citizens who are putting efforts to protect and restore the environment we lived in are currently faced with numerous complex challenges because of this interdependency. A technology like the GIS is a welcome intervention. What is really GIS and how can it help in managing the environment? How ...

1. Describe in detail, how each of your goals and objectives, listed on your contract It was a privilege given by the University of Northern Colorado, School of Human Sciences, placing me at the Human Services Program, as an intern, with the agency-North Colorado Health Alliance (NCHA); which is coordinating the Weld County Community Health Campaign-Make TODAY Count! Supported by, the grants from Kaiser Permanente and the Colorado Health Foundation. This is a three-year campaign launched in June, 2013. After obtaining internship contract, I contacted the faculty supervisor and the academic advisor to discuss my assignment for internship. I ...

Introduction

Fire Fighting or Fire Services in United States date back to 17th century due to conflagrating inferno of 1631 in Boston, a colony of Massachusetts Bay passed legislation for no smoking in public accommodations. In 2012, 1,129,250 firefighters worked in United States, 31% of them were career fire fighters and 69% of them were volunteers. Currently there are 30,100 Fire Departments in United States alone and these departments have 6,900 aerial apparatus, 66,900 pumpers, 52,650 fire stations and 74,000 suppression vehicles. In 2012, 68% of the responses from fire departments were for medical ...

Technology as a major force behind most of the developments experienced in many parts of the world has taken various dimensions in that each and every sector are affected in one way or the other. It ranges from engineering, mathematics aspects of technologies, science which is a major force behind the technology aspects and also the engineering aspects of it. Geospatial Information System can be categorized as an engineering which applies technology majorly in its operation. It is a fast growing industry as can be put by some scholars though it faces a major challenge as being one of the fast growing industry ...

Internet security

The internet offers us good things and through it we can achieve a lot of things. Organizations are able to contract suppliers and distributers online. Online payments and ordering of products in one of the major benefit that internet has offered to business community. Initially, internet was reserved for the technological persons. The internet used to be a limitless source of information for few individuals. There has been rapid growth of internet connectivity not only in businesses but also in homesteads. Many users both in developed and developing world are able to access internet through the small devices such as mobile ...

In the journal titled Mapping the Spatial Influence of Crime Correlates: A Comparison of Operationalization Schemes and Implications for Crime Analysis and Criminal Justice Practice, Caplan Joel acknowledges the variety of independent variables that have significant direct correlation with particular crime outcomes that decades of research in the field of criminology have identified. The author admits that despite tremendous amount of research in criminology, researchers still understand little about correlates and research factors. He reiterates that there is a meager understanding of the manners in which the factors and correlates of crime become applicable in ways that represent their spatial ...

Shell Oil focuses its justification for its actions on the development projects it has taken on in the Nigerian Delta. These projects is a new gas plant that liquefies the natural gas and reduces pollution. In defense of this Achebe was quoted as saying "The whole local economy around Bonny will benefit-small contractors, welders, electricians." . Part of the motivation for this were the wide spread protests against Shell Oil Co., the oil exploitation in the region and the wide spread destruction it caused. These protests were causing the oil producers, including Shell Oil Co. millions of dollars each year. Shell ...

Application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments' performance to reduce crime

The rate of technological change has greatly transformed the way police departments handle their police operations. Police agencies that widely apply Information technologies in policing, have information incentives over those who go set out for patrols. The application of technology to solve criminal puzzles has eased police work in a great way. Currently, computer technologies and applications help solve forensics from the crime scenes of many cold cases . Advanced DNA profiling on computer technology platform effectively assist in singling out subjects, making connections to a serial crime and helping clear names of innocent parties. Other important IT related technologies e.g. ...

Information technology is advancing extremely fast. The society is adapting to the changes, but the changes have not been understood by many in the societies. The forces of changes in information technology have not only impacted in the communication sector but all sectors of the economy. Information technology through the internet has resulted into a global village where geographical distance is no longer a limiting factor for two parties to do business. For those who are in the information technology sector, it is not easy to predict what will be the next state of information technology. The fact is that the ...

The Women Outside: Korean Women and the U.S. Military - Give a synopsis of The Women Outside: Korean Women and the U.S. Military The movie documents the lives of South Korean women who work in South Korean Military brothels and clubs. The service industry consists of more than 27,000 women who service more than 37,000 American soldiers located in the Military regions. These women live a life of endurance and survival, and it is questionable why the South Korean government allows its women to indulge in promiscuity at its own benefit. This film challenges the US Military ...

Results and Discussion

4.1 Introduction In environmental Chapter Four this study will analyze the secondary data from the Dow Jones as reported in the Wall Street , the Nigerian National Petroleum Statistical Bulletin found in the “Nigeria Gas Production and Use 1970 to 2008” table from ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF WASTAGES IN THE NIGERIAN GAS INDUSTRY. It will go on to combine elements of the two creating a more comprehensive picture of the environmental impacts of gas flaring in Nigeria and the Nigerian Delta region. (See: ADDENDUM D - 1995 to 2008 Comparison Chart) Then it will further utilize a Qualitative Analysis to draw out ...

Cultural Convergence: The Historic Influence of Race, Gender, Ethnicity and Sexuality

Mid-nineteenth century Americans followed accepted ideas about race and gender. In her 2003 book Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality, Joane Nagel notes that in cases of inter-racial rape, black men were usually executed, while white men seldom even stood trial. In modern-day America, gender and sexuality are also governed by accepted modes of behavior, which gain unity from principles of nationalism in a diverse, multi-ethnic society like the United States. Feminists and homosexuals are treated as “un-American, and are “potential sources of disloyalty (because) their commitment to gender and sexual equality raises doubts about the strength of their allegiance to the ...

Women with their fight for suffrage welcomed the last century. The feminist movement was on its peak. A few women began earning their education. However, they were confined to school teaching and manual labor in terms pursuing careers (Women's Work, PowerPoint). Over a century later, women became indispensable in the work force. Jenna Goudreau of Forbes even says that women now beat men in achieving bachelor’s and master’s degree. More and more women land high-paying jobs and are narrowing the gender gap across sectors. The field of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) shows growth in participation of ...

Table of Contents

Introduction 3

Role of Mobile devices as “Rich Sensors” 3 Emergent Theme of “Near-Real Time Data Consistency” 5 Mobile Opportunism 7 Certain Fundamental Challenges of Mobility 9 Conclusion 10 Bibliography 11

Telecommunication world is an environment that has seen magnificent changes especially over the last two decades. The changes experienced are more pronounced in mobile communication systems and improvement of related technologies. In this report, the learner takes a closer look at mobile devices, merging themes in line with mobility and identification of mobile opportunism, ...

Abstract Shelter is one of the basic human necessities. Provision of decent-quality and affordable housing is one challenge that various authorities have been faced with, and Sheffield is not left behind. Though she has surpassed her average annual housing needs, Sheffield is still struggling to mitigate housing problems. This research project reviews the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Sheffield’s housing and how education level affects the adoption of GIS in affordable housing initiatives. In order to achieve this objective, the current state of Sheffield’s housing is exhaustively considered. Using the boundary data from EDINA ...

Offer a reasoned explanation of GIS technology and how it may be applied in the management of sanitary sewer systems.

GIS (Geographical Information System) Technology is described as a toolbox that makes it much easier for engineers to analyze spatial data (Clarke, 1999). It is of course, an electronic toolbox, computer software that gives engineers everything they need to work with spatial data, according to Clarke. The series on Geographic Information Systems goes on to state that a GIS functions as an automated tool for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing and displaying spatial data. It is a type of information system, which generates answers ...

Geospatial technology is a very important tool for monitoring and analyzing the effects of human activities on the environment. This form of analysis is very important to scientists, geographers and the government. It helps to determine the nature of damages that man can expose to the environment and therefore prompting for the right action to be taken.

Every track of land in different places on the earth’s surface is unique it its own way. No land remains the same forever. At some point in time, it may undergo some transformation that completely changes it appearance. This research looks at ...