(Data West Research Agency definition: see GIS glossary.) A GIS can be distinguished by listing the types of questions it can (or should be able to) answer as opposed to being described: a) through ...

As unpredictable and tragically dangerous as fighting fires remains, geographic information tools offer the kinds of global incident views and intelligence that were unimaginable less than a decade ...

Vol. 5, No. 4/5, Remote Sensing and GIS in the Service of Ecology and Biogeography: A Series of Case Studies (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 249-257 (9 pages) Wildlife habitats in the United Kingdom are both ...