G.I.S.


- It stands for Geographic Information System.


- It is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present geographic & spatial data of desire location, which allows users to produce maps and other graphic displays. 


- GIS sometimes refers to ‘Geographic Information Science’ (i.e. GIScience), the science underlying geographic concepts, applications and systems. 


- GIS stores data in geographical features and their characteristics; these features are typically classified as points, lines or areas or as raster images.


- Since the mid 1980s, geographic information systems have become valuable tool used to support a variety of city and regional planning functions. 


- However, the first known use of the term ‘Geographic Information System’, was by Roger Tomlinson in the year 1968 in his paper “A Geographic Information System for Regional Planning”. 


- Roger Tomlinson is also acknowledged as the father of GIS.





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