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Recommended Citation: Farkas, D and N Murthy. A Introductory Workshop on Geographic Information Systems for IS Educators. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2006, v 23 (Dallas): §1132. ISSN: 1542-7382.

A Introductory Workshop on Geographic Information Systems for IS Educators

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Daniel Farkas    [a1] [a2]
Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University    [u1] [u2]
Pleasantville, New York, USA    [c1] [c2]

Narayan Murthy    [a1] [a2]
Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University    [u1] [u2]
Pleasantville, New York, USA    [c1] [c2]

Information Systems traditionally involve the application of computing to the problems of organizations. Geographic Information Systems are characterized by data, spatial objects, which have locations (e.g. addresses, landmarks, geopolitical boundaries, etc.) and data associated with them (e.g. demographic information, value, etc.). While many associate GIS systems with scientific data, emerging applications and research involves solving problems which asks business related questions about geospatial information and applied in many situations including Customer Analysis, Market Analysis, Site Selection, etc. This workshop will give a brief overview and demonstration of GIS concepts using the popular ESRI ARCView system. Exercises will include a brief GIS analysis to reinforce the introductory concepts.

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