GPS devices let individuals contribute to making digital maps through companies like Google. People can add information about buildings, bodies of water, and streets into a GPS device to improve digital maps. GPS is useful to geographers when coding the precise location of objects in fieldwork. GIS stands for Geographic Information System. GIS is a computer system that shows geographic data. A GIS captures, stores, queries, and analyzes data. A GIS is useful to geographers when they create maps. Maps made with GIS are generally more attractive and accurate than hand-drawn maps. The location of an object can be measured and recorded onto a computer. Using a number of stored objects on a computer a map can be created. Pen and ink are less effective than GIS. Information can be stored in a layer. Most of the time simple maps use only one layer, but with GIS multiple layers can be added to create a more complex and better
GPS devices let individuals contribute to making digital maps through companies like Google. People can add information about buildings, bodies of water, and streets into a GPS device to improve digital maps. GPS is useful to geographers when coding the precise location of objects in fieldwork. GIS stands for Geographic Information System. GIS is a computer system that shows geographic data. A GIS captures, stores, queries, and analyzes data. A GIS is useful to geographers when they create maps. Maps made with GIS are generally more attractive and accurate than hand-drawn maps. The location of an object can be measured and recorded onto a computer. Using a number of stored objects on a computer a map can be created. Pen and ink are less effective than GIS. Information can be stored in a layer. Most of the time simple maps use only one layer, but with GIS multiple layers can be added to create a more complex and better