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What is Geographic Information Science? |
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Everyone knows about maps. Imagine taking all of the information in a map and putting it into a computer. Now imagine combining this map with the information in many other maps. Now imagine being able to manipulate and analyze this rich information, answering the questions "What's out there?", "Why?" and "What if the world was different?". Imagine being able to make beautiful multi-media, three-dimensional, animated and (soon) virtual reality representations of your results. You're just beginning to glimpse the power of geographic information science.
Geographic information science (GISci) refers to the theory and methods behind geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), remote sensing
(RS) and other geographic information technologies. Like other types
of computing, GIS and related technologies have become extremely
powerful and allow geographers and others concerned with the earth to
conduct very sophisticated analyses and address important social,
economic and environmental problems. Plus, GISci skills are in great
demand by industry, government and academia. What more could you want
from a career?
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