GIS Mapping :
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.
With this digital technology, you can link information (attributes) to locations, such as people to addresses, buildings to parcels, or streets within a network. You can then layer that information to give you a better understanding of how it all works together. You choose what layers to combine based on what questions you need to answer.
GIS is most often associated with a maps. A map, however, is only one way you can work with geographic data in a GIS, and only one type of product generated by a GIS. This is important, because it means that a GIS can provide a great deal more problem-solving capabilities than using a simple mapping program or adding data to an online mapping tool.
Here are three ways a GIS can be viewed:
• Database View: A GIS which
can provide a unique kind of database of your property
• Map View: A GIS as a set of intelligent
maps and other views that show features and feature relationships on
your property
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Model View: A GIS as a set of information
transformation tools that can derive new information through putting
together existing information in new ways
GIS has applications in many ways for Bushfire Prevention and property development. Think of your property mapped with layers which show fire hazards, roads, fences, creeks, utility services and buildings. Then think about selecting various layers to analyse different applications such as access and egress routes, best siting for buildings, erosion controls and you're starting to get a feel for its potential as a planning tool.
ABAC has the skills and the technology to assist you with GIS mapping of your property and with the analysis of the data collected..
