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MAPPING / MODELINE
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Mapping and modeling is about working with maps and other views of the geographic information including interactive maps, charts and tables, 3D scenes, and schematic views of network relationships.
Interactive maps provide the main user interface for most GIS applications and are available at many levels, from maps on handheld mobile devices, to Web maps in browsers, to high-end GIS desktop applications.
A GIS includes interactive maps and other views that operate on the geographic data sets. Maps provide a powerful metaphor to define and standardize how people use and interact with geographic information.
Interactive Map
- Maps are used to convey geographic information as well as to perform numerous tasks including advanced data compilation, cartography, analysis, query, and field data collection.
GIS maps are similar to static, printed maps, except that you can interact with them.
- You can zoom an interactive map in which map layers turn on and off at appropriate map scales.
- You can apply symbols for a map layer based on any set of attributes. For example, you can shade parcels with colors based on their zoning types or specify the size of well point symbols based on production levels.
- You can also point to geographic objects in interactive maps to get more information about the object and perform spatial queries and analysis. For example, you can find all the stores of certain types near schools or find all the landmarks within 500 meters of selected roads.
- In addition, many GIS users edit data and feature representations through interactive maps.
In addition to maps, other interactive views, such as temporal, globe, and schematic drawings, are used as views into GIS databases. It's through an interactive map that GIS users perform most common GIS tasks from simple to advance.
The Satellite-solution products
Satellite-solution refers to the tools and processes used to generate derived data sets. Another view of satellite informatics and technology is the collection of geographic data sets and the operators tools used on those data sets. Geographic data sets can represent raw measurements such as satellite imagery; information interpreted and compiled by analysts such as roads, buildings, and soil types; or information derived from other data sources using analysis and modeling algorithms.
Our satellite solutions include a rich set of tools to work with and process geographic information. This collection of tools is used to operate on the GIS information objects such as the data sets, attribute fields, and cartographic elements for printed maps. Together these comprehensive commands and data objects form the basis for a rich satellite-solution framework.
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