What is GIS?
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A geographic information system (GIS) is a valuable tool for problem solving and decision making. This advanced technology organizes a government's digital geographic data and puts it at a user's fingertips in a functional and adaptable format.
GIS can integrate hardware, software, and data to manage all forms of geographically referenced information such as water flows, tax assessor maps and records, zoning, and health information.
Viewing and interpreting information along certain criteria, such as time period or location, becomes possible, revealing trends. Users can also view data in a variety of formats including maps, charts, and graphs.
What can GIS do for your community or organization?
Geographic information systems (GIS) help take the guesswork out of decision making. ITOS experts in cartography, hydrography, internal support, soils, parcels, transportation, and addressing are able to meet your needs by providing customized consultation and service.
GIS technology offers solutions for a multitude of issues, including
- County parcel mapping
- Transportation
- Global positioning system (GPS) technology
- Addressing systems using county road centerlines
- Creating new data and photorevising existing data using aerial photography or multi-spectral satellite imagery
- Converting digital GIS data for use in other applications
