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What is Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Chapter 38
Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care
Computerized system that allows analyzing, correlating, and displaying of data, based on spatial characteristics.
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Potential of GIS and Spatial Knowledge in Health Care and Public Safety
Eilon Blanc (Tel Aviv University, Israel) and Iris Reychav (Ariel University Center, Israel)
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3990-4.ch038
Abstract
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are a relatively new tool in health care services and organizations. However, health-care professionals who know how to utilize GIS and other spatial tools get a powerful decision support tool. This chapter presents an overview of the GIS and spatial simulation in the health care environment. In the first section, an introduction to the situation is provided. Then, in the second section, the key terms are introduced: access in health care, GIS, and spatial simulation. In the third section, different cases where GIS supports decision making in the health care services are shown. In the fourth section, two examples of spatial simulation are shown. Finally, future research directions and conclusions are discussed.
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Chapter 38
Potential of GIS and Spatial Knowledge in Health Care and Public Safety
Computerized system that allows analyzing, correlating, and displaying of data, based on spatial characteristics.
Published in Chapter: Potential of GIS and Spatial Knowledge in Health Care and Public Safety; From: Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care
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Developments of the Digital World of Remote Sensing and GIS, Their Comparison to, and the Importance of the Human Side of Information Reference Services
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is defined as a technique which people employ using computers and specific computer software and hardware to locate physical features and describe their characteristics and condition on a raster based or vector co-ordinate based digital map by interrogating attribute data and to engage in spatial analysis, and this is a sound basis for informed decision making ( Burrough & McDonnell, 1998 ).
Published in Chapter: Developments of the Digital World of Remote Sensing and GIS, Their Comparison to, and the Importance of the Human Side of Information Reference Services; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 23
GIS Implementation in Malaysian Statutory Development Plan System
Computerized systems that can be used to store, analyze and display spatially-referenced data.
Published in Chapter: GIS Implementation in Malaysian Statutory Development Plan System; From: Handbook of Research on E-Planning: ICTs for Urban Development and Monitoring
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Technical Outline of a W3 Spatial (Decision Support) Prototype
System of hardware and software used for storage, retrieval, mapping and analysis of geographic data. In its strictest sense, it is any information system capable of integrating, storing, editing, analyzing, sharing and displaying geographically referenced information. In a more generic sense, GIS applications are tools that allow users to create interactive queries, analyze spatial information and present the results of all these operations in maps.
Published in Chapter: Technical Outline of a W3 Spatial (Decision Support) Prototype; From: Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services
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Geospatial and Spatio-Temporal Analysis in Health Research: GIS in Health
GIS is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data in all dimensions of space and time. It refers to all the following: the science and theory of geography and its analytics, the software and hardware, the analyst/expert and the simple users. It is often used to refer to the academic discipline or career of working with GIS and is a large domain within the broader academic discipline of Geoinformatics.
Published in Chapter: Geospatial and Spatio-Temporal Analysis in Health Research: GIS in Health; From: Handbook of Research on Geographic Information Systems Applications and Advancements
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Geography and Public Health
The geographic uses of data to develop maps and statistical relationships that help describe processes like the relationship between alcohol outlets and violence or vehicle crashes and alcohol outlets.
Published in Chapter: Geography and Public Health; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 32
The Role of Public Participation GIS in Local Service Delivery
A computerised system for storing, editing, analysing, manipulating and representing geographical information in a mapable format. They have traditionally been very expensive computerised mapping tools for use by professionals to assist decision making.
Published in Chapter: The Role of Public Participation GIS in Local Service Delivery; From: Handbook of Research on Strategies for Local E-Government Adoption and Implementation: Comparative Studies
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Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is defined as a technique which people employ using computers and specific computer software and hardware to locate physical features and describe their characteristics and condition on a raster based or vector co-ordinate based digital map by interrogating attribute data and to engage in spatial analysis, and this is a sound basis for informed decision making (Burrough & McDonnell, 1998 AU43: The in-text citation "Burrough & McDonnell, 1998" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).
Published in Chapter: Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is defined as a technique which people employ using computers and specific computer software and hardware to locate physical features and describe their characteristics and condition on a raster based or vector co-ordinate based digital map by interrogating attribute data and to engage in spatial analysis, and this is a sound basis for informed decision making (Burrough & McDonnell, 1998 AU43: The in-text citation "Burrough & McDonnell, 1998" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).
Published in Chapter: Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method; From: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Engineering and Environmental Science
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Chapter 11
Tourism Entrepreneurship in Innovation Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities
is a system of hardware, software, spatial information, computational procedures and human resources that allows and facilitates the analysis, management or representation of geographic information.
Published in Chapter: Tourism Entrepreneurship in Innovation Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities; From: Handbook of Research on Innovation, Differentiation, and New Technologies in Tourism, Hotels, and Food Service
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How Do Food Delivery Platforms Affect Urban Logistics?: The Case of Glovo in Barcelona as a Preliminary Study
Software designed to work with geographic data. It allows to introduce, store, modify, analyze and visualize spatial information.
Published in Chapter: How Do Food Delivery Platforms Affect Urban Logistics?: The Case of Glovo in Barcelona as a Preliminary Study; From: Sharing Economy and the Impact of Collaborative Consumption
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Multi Criteria Decision Making Techniques in Urban Planning and Geology
Information systems, which are used to manage geographically ( spatially ) attributed data.
Published in Chapter: Multi Criteria Decision Making Techniques in Urban Planning and Geology; From: Handbook of Research on Trends and Digital Advances in Engineering Geology
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