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Unit 10: Enhancing Decision Making for the Digital Firm

cartography, surveying and photogrammetry remote sensing, image processing, computer Notes
science, rural and urban planning, earth science, and geography.
The GIS technology is rapidly becoming a standard tool for management of natural resources.
The effective use of large spatial data volumes is dependent upon the existence of an efficient
geographic handling and processing system to transform this data into usable information.
The GIS technology is used to assist decision-makers by indicating various alternatives in
development and conservation planning and by modelling the potential outcomes of a series of
scenarios.

Notes It should be noted that any task begins and ends with the real world. Data are
collected about the real world. Of necessity, the product is an abstraction; it is not possible
(and not desired) to handle every last detail. After the data are analysed, information is
compiled for decision-makers. Based on this information, actions are taken and plans
implemented in the real world.
Major Areas of Application

The major areas of GIS application are:
1. Different Streams of Planning: Urban planning, housing, transportation planning
architectural conservation, urban design, landscape.

2. Street Network Based Application: It is an addressed matched application, vehicle routing
and scheduling: location and site selection and disaster planning.
3. Natural Resource Based Application: Management and environmental impact analysis of
wild and scenic recreational resources, flood plain, wetlands, acquifers, forests, and wildlife.
4. View Shed Analysis: Hazardous or toxic factories sitting and ground water modelling.
Wild life habitat study and migrational route planning.

5. Land Parcel Based: Zoning, sub-division plans review, land acquisition, environment
impact analysis, nature quality management and maintenance, etc.
6. Facilities Management: Can locate underground pipes and cables for maintenance,
planning, tracking energy use.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
12. A .................................. captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that is linked
to location.
13. GIS technology can be integrated into any .................................. information system
framework.
14. A GIS will integrate spatial data with other data resources and can even use a
.................................. , used by most organization to maintain their data, to manage spatial
data.
15. Using .................................. , landscape can be better visualized, leading to a better
understanding of certain relations in the landscape.

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