Question

Why are Geographic Information Systems (GIS) important in today's world?

Answer 1

Answer:

They allow users to layer map information from different sources.

Explanation:

Geographic information system is important today because it allows users to layer map information from different sources one on top of another.

• A geographic information system gathers, stores, visualize and interprets spatially aware data.
• The spatial attribute of its data makes it different from every other information systems or statistical tool out there.
• The system is made up of the hardware, software and the people ware.
• The hardware is usually the computer, gps devices and so on used to collect and interact with data.
• The software is the environment where the data is stored and interpreted using some applications on the computer.
• People ware refers to the human technician that interprets the data.

Geographic information system can overlap multiple map layers to make for more robust interpretation.