mobility and the gis experience brittany berwanger fayetteville state university
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Mobility and the GIS Experience
Brittany BerwangerFayetteville State University
Table of Contents
• Mobility and Geographic Information Systems Defined• How GIS and Mobility Relate• GIS Uses • GIS/Geography Awareness
Mobility and GIS
• Mobility • Capable of moving or of being
moved readily from place to place
• Geographic Information Systems• is a computerized data
management system used to capture, store, manage, retrieve, analyze, and display spatial information.
How GIS and Mobility Relate
• Mobility means that technology has become portable• This effects communication and the distribution of data • Mobility and the ability to collect and manage spatial data go hand in
hand• Most technological devices and software include GPS/GIS and tracks
location information which is beneficial to many agencies, companies, and individuals
GIS Uses
• National Security/Intelligence• Drones, Field Operations, Situational
Awareness, Emergency Response and Recovery
• Detect Changes in Land• Crops, Increases and decreases in
vegetation, wetlands, desertification
• Planning• Urban planning, land use planning,
transportation planning, zoning, surveying land
GIS Uses
• Census Bureau• Migration flows, demographic data, regional data
• Environmental Protection• Forest management, monitor use and disposal of hazardous materials, track
efforts in renewable energy use
• FEMA• Natural disasters, flood plain maps, national flood insurance
The point?
• Life is dynamic• Information is constantly being updated and changed• The ability to transport information obtaining devices is important to
data collection as a whole• There are may advancements in the collection of data because of the
mobility of technological devices
GIS/Geography Awareness
• Not many people know what can be done with GIS and Geography• Not many schools encourage Geography• People need to be more aware of possibilities