Geoinformation Future Trends and Current Applications

Posted on September 20, 2010 by admin

Geoinformation, also known as geographic information, is a way to combine raw geographic data and computer systems to allow a more effective, accurate and immediate interpretation of information. This information, which can easily be manipulated and extrapolated from the computer program, is then used in planning, developing and researching various changes, trends and even possible future modifications of the geographic environment.
This very interesting concept can use maps, satellite remote sensing images and even discrete bits of spatial information stored in a variety of types of databases. The geodata from various sources can be combined to create models and working documents through a geographic information system or GIS. Using this information to develop spatial information about different organizations, physical systems and locations is an important new tool for designers, public planners and operational consultants to use. Keep in mind that this information is also used in all aspects of understanding changes in physical geography including biosphere and geosphere. The study of the natural word is used to help understand the impact that human development, also called human geography, is having on the planet.
There are several different types of programs that can be used in the development of GIS data. Learning about the applications for each program and software tools is essential in understanding how to most effectively work with geoinformation in productive and useful ways.

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Geo Information – How The World’s Getting Smaller

Posted on September 25, 2012 by admin

This article is a case study on how the world is getting smaller – how news, technology and information move from one site of the globe to another at a ferocious pace, and how quickly information can become geo information – information for the entire world.
This case study is about the electronic cigarette – developed in China in the start of this millennia, it has quickly spread to the entire globe:

2003/4: The electronic cigarette was launched on the Chinese market by a company named Ruyan. It was quickly copied by many other Chinese companies.
2006: Ruyan received an international patent, and started exporting the electronic cigarette across the globe.
2012: Today you can buy electronic cigarettes all across the globe. There are many national retailers, many small webshops that sells non-brand electronic cigarettes, and then there are some multinational companies like Super-Smoke, Green Smoke, and Blue Cig, Totally Wicked etc. who sells in different languages and at different markets.

So, it took only 2-3 years from the time the electronic cigarette was first launched and till it was internationally sold. And only 6 more years until today, where it’s looking like the electronic cigarette is going to replace the normal cigarettes as the primary source for nicotine.
That’s an excellent example of Geo Information in use- the information spreads rapidly and in less than 10 years a new product can become a normal thing to use for the entire globe.

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