GIS

Now that I have done some researching on my own on the topic of GIS Technology, I wish I would have been able to attend the lecture on the subject, because it is quite challenging to understand. As I understand it, GIS is a system that combines data such as road centerlines, property and district boundaries, addresses, building heights and footprints, and more, with geographic reference points, satelite, and ariel photos in order to create "reference maps" for people such as city planners and utility workers. This database is used to create maps that can also be sold to the public. For an artist, this information could be very useful, for the right reasons. The fact that different boundries would be clearly marked out could be incorparated into a site specific work. I've learned that there are still people who practice Cartography, the art of mapmaking, and GIS is a key tool that they use to create acurate fine maps.