GIS for Research

It’s not just geographers who recognize the power of GIS for understanding patterns and events on the globe. More than 100 different academic disciplines covering every major division within a typical university use GIS tools for research.

• Precision farming is becoming important to agriculture.
• Criminal justice is using GIS to analyze crime patterns.
• Business schools are refining target marketing techniques.
• Public health schools are tracking the spread of disease.
• Hydrologists are mapping the spread of toxins in subsurface water.
• Foresters are more efficiently managing their resources.