Mobility and the GIS Experience Brittany Berwanger Fayetteville State University.

Mobility and the GIS Experience

Brittany BerwangerFayetteville State University

Table of Contents

• Mobility and Geographic Information Systems Defined• How GIS and Mobility Relate• GIS Uses • GIS/Geography Awareness

Mobility and GIS

• Mobility • Capable of moving or of being

moved readily from place to place

• Geographic Information Systems• is a computerized data

management system used to capture, store, manage, retrieve, analyze, and display spatial information.

How GIS and Mobility Relate

• Mobility means that technology has become portable• This effects communication and the distribution of data • Mobility and the ability to collect and manage spatial data go hand in

hand• Most technological devices and software include GPS/GIS and tracks

location information which is beneficial to many agencies, companies, and individuals

GIS Uses

• National Security/Intelligence• Drones, Field Operations, Situational

Awareness, Emergency Response and Recovery

• Detect Changes in Land• Crops, Increases and decreases in

vegetation, wetlands, desertification

• Planning• Urban planning, land use planning,

transportation planning, zoning, surveying land

GIS Uses

• Census Bureau• Migration flows, demographic data, regional data

• Environmental Protection• Forest management, monitor use and disposal of hazardous materials, track

efforts in renewable energy use

• FEMA• Natural disasters, flood plain maps, national flood insurance

The point?

• Life is dynamic• Information is constantly being updated and changed• The ability to transport information obtaining devices is important to

data collection as a whole• There are may advancements in the collection of data because of the

mobility of technological devices

GIS/Geography Awareness

• Not many people know what can be done with GIS and Geography• Not many schools encourage Geography• People need to be more aware of possibilities