BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: GIS
- geographical information systems
Wiktionary Definition for: GIS
- #Geographic Information System
Additional Resources
- How Are Title Insurance Companies Using GIS?
- When one thinks of GIS, title insurance isn't the first thing that comes to mind. However, many title offices are finding GIS is just what they need to help with their mapping and document management needs. Title plants, data centers that process thousands of land records each day, have found...
- White papers 2005-07-05
- GIS and SAP Enterprise Services Architecture: linking business systems to spatial data continues to grow. Dirk Frohling explains how to utilize GIS data and functionality in a process-oriented environment.
- In the utility sector in Germany there is a clear focus shift from GIS documentation to GIS data usage. Enormous efforts have been made to document supply and disposal networks, and most companies are now ready to make actual use of this data in thei In...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- National Association of Counties Joins With Intergraph to Bring GIS Technology to NACo County Members; GIS Starter Kit Brings Affordable GIS to County Governments
- HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 22, 1998--At the National Association of Counties' NACo annual conference, NACo and Intergraph Corporation (Nasdaq/NMS:INGR), a NACo premier technology partner, began accepting pre-registration for the GIS Starter Kit. The joint offering enables counties throughout the United States to begin creating their own geographical information systems GIS. The...
- Research articles 1998-07-22
- Idaho State University GIS Training and Research Center. (Internet Resource of the Month).
- http://giscenter.isu.edu The Idaho Sate University ISU GIS Training and Research Center TreC Web site was designed to help users learn GIS and obtain free geospatial data. The site is maintained by the GIS TreC and averages 16,000 unique visitors each month .The GIS...
- Research articles 2003-02-01
- Improving GIS consultations: a case study at Yale University Library
- ABSTRACT For the last decade and a half, Geographic Information Systems GIS services in academic libraries have been developing, and GIS librarians have been experimenting with different ways to provide these services. However, there has been virtually nothing in the literature with respect to GIS consultation statistics. One goal...
- Research articles 2006-09-22
- GIS Applications for Oil Spill Prevention and Response in California
- GIS applications include resource assessment, contingency planning, data integration, and analysis. GIS technology is imbedded in oil spill prevention and response in California. Initially used for biological resource assessment GIS has proven to be an excellent data management and organizational tool that is now widely utilized for drills, exercises, contingency...
- White papers
- Autodesk Announces GIS Strategy at AM/FM International; First Autodesk Enhanced GIS Product and GIS Developer Program Also Unveiled
- SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--March 25, 1996--Autodesk today announced its technology and business road map for geographic information systems GIS, paving the way for integrating GIS with computer-aided design CAD and automated mapping/facilities management (AM/FM) software.
- Research articles 1996-03-26
- Intergraph and Oracle agree to define Next-Generation Component GIS Software
- HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 13, 1996--Intergraph Corporation and Oracle Corporation, principal members of the Open GIS Consortium, Inc. OGC, announced today that they will work together to help define the boundary between the "geographic" and the "information systems" technologies that make up a GIS solution. Their collaborative efforts will include the...
- Research articles 1996-02-13
- Intergraph Releases GIS Office
- HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 8, 1995--Intergraph Corporation announced GIS Office -- a product suite that creates, manages and presents geographic data. In March of this year the company announced Mapping Office a starter GIS. Following on the heels of Mapping Office, GIS Office allows users to perform more sophisticated...
- Research articles 1995-06-08
- GIS in Local Government.(Geographic Information Systems)
- At the ICMA Annual Conference in Minneapolis in September, ICMA and ESRI released a new joint publication, The GIS Guide for Local Government Officials. The volume helps these officials think through how GIS can help streamline daily operations and At the ICMA Annual Conference...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- GIS and elephants? (Editorial Viewpoint).
- GIS and elephants? The fall 2002 issue of ArcNews (ESRI, www.esri.com/arcnews) reports that Dr. Cynthia Moss, a scientist, author, and advocate for African elephants, is using GIS and related technology to synthesize the data that she and her assista GIS and elephants? The fall 2002 issue...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- PG&E Selects ESRI for Enterprise GIS Site License; Joins Growing List of Nation's Largest Energy Businesses Implementing ESRI Enterprise GIS Software and Services
- REDLANDS, Calif. -- Pacific Gas and Electric company (PG&E) has selected ESRI as its enterprise geographic information system GIS software provider. The company will take advantage of a corporate-wide enterprise license that includes the full suite of ArcGIS software, extensions, and services. The result will be an open, scalable, and...
- Research articles 2006-09-19
- PlanGraphics' Jim Hall to Speak on GIS Day at Harvard
- Business Editors FRANKFORT, Ky.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 18, 2002 PlanGraphics (OTCBB: PGRA) Executive Consultant Jim Hall will present "GIS as a Tool for Managing Terrorist Attacks and Other Emergencies" on November 20, GIS Day, at Harvard University's first GIS Day celebration entitled "GIS at Harvard and Beyond" which will showcase...
- Research articles 2002-11-18
- Portugal Telecom implements Autodesk's GIS 100,000th copy; A major European communication operator expands its Autodesk GIS solutions-based system to sustain its expansion strategies and competitive effectiveness.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-19 April 2000-AUTODESK: Portugal Telecom implements Autodesk's GIS 100,000th copy; A major European communication operator expands its Autodesk GIS solutions-based system to sustain its expansion strategies and competitive effectiveness C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17042000 Lisbon --...
- Research articles 2000-04-19
- AT&T GLOBAL INFORMATION SOLUTIONS UNVEILS ENTRY-LEVEL SERVERS WORLDWIDE; Delivers High Performance Products at Low-End Prices; Bank South Selects AT&T GIS Servers
- DAYTON, Ohio--BUSINESS WIRE--November 14, 1994--AT&T Global Information Solutions GIS has announced two new entry-level GlobalystTM servers which will be part of the AT&T GIS Globalyst product line. With the best price/performance in the industry, the AT&T GIS Globalyst Server model 3404 offers PentiumTM server performance at i486 prices, and...
- Research articles 1994-11-14
- Eicon Technology, AT&T GIS sign OEM pact to provide wide-area connectivity for client/server enterprises
- DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--July 24, 1995--Eicon Technology and AT&T GIS have announced an OEM agreement under which Eicon's WAN Services for Windows NT software will be bundled with all AT&T GIS server-class products for Windows NT. The agreement makes Eicon the sole provider of WAN connectivity software for AT&T GIS Windows...
- Research articles 1995-07-24
- AT&T GIS and IMA form worldwide partnership; AT&T GIS will remarket IMA's EDGE Software as part of its Call Center Solution Environment
- SHELTON, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 15, 1995--Information Management Associates Inc. IMA and AT&T Global Information Solutions GIS announced today that they have signed a worldwide alliance agreement that allows AT&T GIS to remarket IMA's EDGE TeleBusinessR Software as part of its Call Center environment.
- Research articles 1995-05-15
- Intergraph Continues Lead in GIS Market; Final Dataquest report places company at top of worldwide GIS market share
- HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 15, 1997--Intergraph reported today that Dataquest, Inc. has once again determined that Intergraph was the worldwide leaders in the GIS marketplace in terms of combined, overall software, hardware, and services revenues for 1996. Intergraph reported $588.8 million in revenue and outpaced its nearest competitor, Sun Microsystems,...
- Research articles 1997-09-15
- 3D GIS archaeology in South Africa: archeologists working along the South African southern coast use multidimensional GIS applications to model Pleistocene caves and paleo-environments reconstructing the landscape CA. 420,000 to 30,000 BP.
- Although archaeology is a discipline traditionally associated with shovels, screens, and bags of artifacts, archaeologists are making more effective use of GIS to create precise maps of both small and large-scale landscape features thus bringing bett Although archaeology is a discipline traditionally associated with shovels,...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Integrated CAD/GIS. (geographical information system applications software from Bentley Systems Inc)(Software Solutions)(Brief Article)
- 00-00-0000 USERS DON'T NEED HIGH-LEVEL programming skills to create mapping and geographical information system GIS applications with Microstation GeoGraphics software from Bentley Systems Inc., Exton, ... 00-00-0000 USERS DON'T NEED HIGH-LEVEL programming skills to create mapping and geographical information system GIS applications with...
- Research articles 1995-08-21
