Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Yearly Rainfall
Tree Species
Soil Type
ESRI example of GIS map and its
layers
Components of GIS
Hardware
• Computer
Software
• Computer program
Data
• Collected, bought, or free
Uses of Data
Find features or patterns
Quantities and density maps
disaster preparedness)
Deciding or evaluating a course of
action
How is it used?
Tracking the spread of disease
Mapping soil moisture
Precision Agriculture
Tracking the spread of the West
Nile virus from ESRI Map Book vol.
19
Track of 2004 Hurricanes in Florida
and Wind Speed, ESRI Map Book
Vol. 21
Mapping soil moisture from ESRI
Map Book Vol. 21
Wastewater collection system from
ESRI Map Book Vol. 21
Predicting traffic problems from
ESRI Map Book Vol. 16
Precision Agriculture from ESRI
Map Book Vol. 20
http://www.esri.com/industries/planning
Activity
If given the following layers, what
inferences or assumptions can you
make from them?
• Map of the U.S. with state capitals
• Map of the population density
• Map of interstate highways
• Map of rivers in the U.S.
• Average farm size in acres
Map of United States and State
Capitals
Interstate Highways
Major Rivers
Capitals, Rivers, Highways
Population Density from 2000
Census
Capitals, Rivers, Highways,
Population
Oklahoma with Highway, Rivers,
Population Density
Average Size of Farms in 2002
Farm Size, Capitals, Highways,
Rivers
Oklahoma Farm Size, Highways,
Rivers
All maps are from the National Atlas
website located at:
www.nationalatlas.com