I.In this exercise you will examine publications that include examples of GIS use in the real world. Look through a couple GIS trade magazines to find an application of GIS that interests you. Read the article or text. Answer the following questions about the GIS application you have selected.
Name of publication:
Edition (Volume, Number, Date) __________________________Page(s):
______
1.What is the problem that this application
attempted to solve using GIS?
2.What GIS software and other hardware/software/techniques
did they use?
3.How did they use GIS to solve the
problem?
4.How did they communicate their
findings? (i.e., what kind of maps did they produce, what features were
selected for display and which may have been
left out, did they use any other
reporting techniques -tables, charts, figures, equations.)
5.In your opinion how do you think
they succeeded in solving their problem with GIS? What might they
have added or done differently to enhance their
analysis?
1.How is the subject ofthe other
application similar or different from yours?
2.What similarities and differences
do you see in the way GIS is used in the two applications?