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What Is GIS and Its Applications? is a book that is written for those who are interested in learning more about Geographic Information Systems and how it can help them make better decisions in their projects, business, departments, etc.

Perhaps you don’t even know for sure what are the capabilities of such a system, and a better understanding of what it is, how it works and the basic concepts behind GIS will empower you to make a good decision about implementing such a system in your project or business, and deciding whether it will bring a worthwhile benefit that will justify the financial investment.

By reading this book you will get the knowledge necessary to make such a decision, at least to see if you need more information to keep pursuing the answer you seek for. It is an entertaining book for those who don’t know anything about GIS and also deep enough and a reference for those who already have some knowledge about it. It will also serve as a good reference point for those who work with GIS and have an interest in disseminating the knowledge by indicating a good book for those who want to learn more.

This book will not teach you any specific software, it is not a tutorial on how to do things, but it is a book full of concepts that you can apply to any GIS software, you will find some indications of FREE software you can use if you wanted to start without any software buying cost. Even though it has been said that technology can become outdated very fast and you need the latest version, that is only true if you are referring to the technology itself, not when you are talking about core concepts which this book presents.

In this book you will find the following topics:

● History of GIS

● GIS Characteristics & Components

● GIS important Concepts, features, and distinctions

● GIS job market

● GIS Applications & study cases