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GIS is, perhaps, the most important tool for the modern geographer. Explain why it is so important and why this has only been true in the recent past.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
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Answer: GIS can integrate many forms of measurement (satellite imagery, surveys, censuses, etc.) to provide a research tool in which the user can assess the spatial impact of many factors separately or jointly in social or environmental analysis. It is only important now because electronic data sets and powerful computing have become available to virtually everyone.

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Answer: The measurement or acquisition of information by a recording device that is not in physical contact with the object under study.


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