¥Geographic Information System (GIS) ¥A computer system based on a common coordinate system designed to display, manipulate, and analyze geographic data
Geographic Information
Systems (or GIS) were integral to many areas of our study. GIS is a
system of computer hardware and software that can be used to display,
manipulate and analyze geographic data.
GIS is commonly used to display data such
as land use types, elevation, and soil type. It can also be used to
combine these attributes and to generate models that predict trends in other
data.
This is a GIS contour map of the China Lake watershed within the GIS
software application. It shows the lake and the slope of the
surrounding land.