GIS in agriculture
GIS is used in a variety of agricultural applications such as managing crop yields, monitoring crop rotation techniques, and projecting soil loss for individual farms or entire agricultural regions.
GIS in business
A GIS is a tool for managing business information of any kind according to where it's located. You can keep track of where customers are, site businesses, target marketing campaigns, optimize sales territories, and model retail spending patterns. A GIS gives you that extra advantage to make you and your company more competitive and successful.
GIS in electric/gas utilities
Cities and utilities use GIS every day to help them map and inventory systems, track maintenance, monitor regulatory compliance, or model distribution analysis, transformer analysis, and load analysis.
GIS in the environment
GIS is used every day to help protect the environment. As an environmental professional, you can use GIS to produce maps, inventory species, measure environmental impact, or trace pollutants. The environmental applications for GIS are almost endless.
GIS in forestry
Today, managing forests is becoming a more complex and demanding challenge. With GIS, foresters can easily see the forest as an ecosystem and manage it responsibly.
GIS in geology
Geologists use GIS every day in a wide variety of applications. You too can use GIS to study geologic features, analyze soils and strata, assess seismic information, or create 3-dimensional displays of geographic features.
GIS in hydrology
You can use GIS to study drainage systems, assess groundwater, and visualize watersheds, and in many other hydrologic applications.
GIS in land use planning
People use GIS to help visualize and plan the land use needs of cities, regions, or even national governments.
GIS in local government
People in local government use GIS every day to help them solve problems. Often the data collected and used by one agency or department can be used by another.
GIS in mapping
Mapping is an essential function of a GIS. People in a variety of professions are using GIS to help others understand geographic data. You don't have to be a skilled cartographer to make maps with a GIS.
GIS in the military
Military analysts and cartographers use GIS in a variety of applications such as creating basemaps, assessing terrain, and aiding in tactical decisions.
GIS in risk management
A GIS can help with risk management and analysis by showing you which areas will be prone to natural or man-made disasters. Once identified, preventive measures can be developed that deal with the different scenarios.
GIS in Site Planning
People around the world use GIS to help them locate sites for new facilities or locate alternate sites for existing facilities.
GIS in transportation
GIS can be used to help you manage transportation infrastructure or help you manage your logistical problems. Whether monitoring rail systems and road conditions or finding the best way to deliver your goods or services, GIS can help you.
GIS in the water/wastewater industry
People in the water/wastewater industry use GIS with the planning, engineering, operations, maintenance, finance, and administration functions of their water/wastewater networks.
