Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Uses of GIS
Anmerkungen:
- GIS stands for Geographical Information Systems. It means information that is shown in a computerised map
- Government
- Where are more schools needed
- based on areas with high birth rates
- emergency services
- Police
- looking at crime patterns
- Working out which places need more police
- Trying to predict future crime areas
- Health services
- Hazard management
- Earthquakes
- flooding
- Businesses
- shops
- Electricity companies
- Farming
- Where are different soils
- To work out which crops to grow
- Transport
- using weather maps
- to plan safe journeys
- Scientists and research
- Studying climate
- Studying population
- Looking at migration patterns
- Looking at how wealth varies