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Recommended Citation: Boasson, E, V Boasson, and W J Tastle. A New tool in IS Management: Geographic Information Systems. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2004, v 21 (Newport): §3124. ISSN: 1542-7382. (Later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 4(12). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

Recipient of Meritorious Paper Award

A New tool in IS Management: Geographic Information Systems

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6 pages

Emil Boasson    [a1] [a2]
School of Business
Ithaca College    [u1] [u2]
Ithaca, New York, USA    [c1] [c2]

Vigdis Boasson    [a1] [a2]
School of Business
Ithaca College    [u1] [u2]
Ithaca, New York, USA    [c1] [c2]

William J. Tastle    [a1] [a2]
School of Business
Ithaca College    [u1] [u2]
Ithaca, New York, USA    [c1] [c2]

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a relatively new field that is introduced into the IS/IT/MIS environment. This paper defines and places GIS in the academic context of the business school curriculum. Examples illustrate the usefulness and importance of the technology. Although applicable to virtually any business discipline, the emphasis is on the placement in the IS part, but with linkages to finance, strategy, marketing, etc. A case is made for its inclusion into the IS curriculum, albeit it in an elective capacity.

Keywords: Geographic Information Systems, GIS, data visualization, spatial relations

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