What is a Geographic Information System (GIS) and what are some of its uses in business, government, and education?

1 – Do you have a better idea of what Geography is now that you’ve read the course notes and the articles? How so?

2 – Discuss three specific points that were especially interesting to you.

3- Using examples from the articles and the notes, describe how geography is important in terms of the average U.S. citizen’s daily life.

4- Discuss 3 fields of Geography and career opportunities in Geography that caught your interest.

5- Discuss the major tools in Geography such as GIS, remote sensing, and GPS.

What is a Geographic Information System (GIS) and what are some of its uses in business, government, and education?
How is GIS different from remote sensing?

In addition to the course notes posted under the course content, check out the following websites for additional information and reference them in your essay.

http://www3.aag.org/cs/careers
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring07articles/bring-back-geography-1of2.html

http://geography.about.com/od/lists/u/basics.htm

http://www.esri.com/news/arcwatch/0907/feature.html

http://www.gis.com/

https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/backgrounders/remote-sensing

http://www.gps.gov/

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