Geographic Information System: An Introduction

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Information Technology (IT) has a profound impact on several aspects of our day-to-day life. Over the past decade, the rapid advancements in computing technologies have increased the potential for developing a viable IT system that manages the complex spatial data. The software technology in this context is Geographic Information System (GIS). GIS uses geographically referenced data as well as non-spatial data and includes operations, which support spatial analysis. It is a computer-based system that digitally represents and analyzes the geographic features present on the Earth s surface and the events (non-spatial attributes linked to the geography under study) taking place on it. The objective of GIS is to support decision-making, for managing use of land, resources, transportation, retailing, oceans or any spatially distributed entities. GIS also integrates spatial analysis tools and web enabled technologies and relational data base design that influenced the growth, commercialization and diversification of this technology. Over the last decade, many business organizations, academic institutions and governmental agencies have implemented GIS applications to meet the dynamic needs of the changing environment-natural as well as unnatural. The major areas of GIS application are network based, such as vehicle routing and scheduling, location analysis, site selection, development of evacuation plans, natural resources management etc. The natural resources include wildlife and scenic rivers, recreation resources, flood and fields, wetlands, agricultural lands, aquifers, forests and wildlife Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA), viewshed analysis, hazardous or toxic facility siting, groundwater modeling and contamination tracking, wildlife habitat analysis, migration routes planning and so on. This book presents the concepts of GIS and its applications in various fields, such as financial services, insurance, hospital and health system, media, real estate, defense and intelligence, homeland security, public safety, transportation, urban and regional planning.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.Ravi Kumar Jain

Ravi Kumar Jain B holds an MBA degree (Finance) from Osmania University, Hyderabad and PGD ITM (E-commerce & EDI) from AIMA, New Delhi. He has worked as Assistant Professor in a B-school affiliated to Osmania University for four years in Hyderabad. Presently, he is working as a senior faculty member at Icfai Research Centre, Head quarters, heads Special projects team and also teaches at Icfai Business School, Hyderabad. He has presented several research papers in national and international conferences in India and abroad. He has got many of his articles published in several refereed journals. He has received an award, 'Researcher of the Year', from the Vice President of India, for the best contribution in an international conference on Enhancing Global Business Competitiveness in November 2004, at New Delhi. He has authored a book titled "Open Source Software: A Revolution in the Making" and has edited several books on the themes related to Internet and business management, the latest being "Internet Governance: An Introduction" and "IT Governance: An Introduction". His areas of interest include outsourcing, e-commerce, strategic management, technology in business and financial management.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pragati Saxena

Pragati Saxena holds a BE in electronics and telecommunications and MBA in Systems and IT from Pune University. She was University Gold Medalist during her post-graduation. She is currently working as a technical worker at AIR Information Technologies. Prior to this she worked for Icfai University Press as a Faculty Associate. Earlier, she worked as a lecturer with BLS Institute of Management, UP Technical University and was a professor at Oxford College of Business Management Maharshi Institute of Management and Information Technology and Dayanand Sagar Institute of Management, all affiliated to Bangalore University.