<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The geographical information system (GIS) is a tool used generically for any computer-based capability for manipulating geographical data. The hardware and software functions of GIS include data input, data storage, data management (data manipulation, updating, changing, exchange) and data reporting (retrieval, presentation, analysis, combination, etc.). All of these actions and operations are applied to GIS as a tool that forms its database. The paper describes the types of the GIS data formats (vector, raster), database object definitions, relationships, geometric features, and the data organization structure. Some GIS applications and examples are given for better understanding of how GIS data can be used in GIS applications, with the respect to data formats, including surface elevation and slope from digital elevation model data (DEM), with the applicability in water industry.</p></abstract>

The geographical information system (GIS) is a tool used generically for any computer-based capability for manipulating geographical data. The hardware and software functions of GIS include data input, data storage, data management (data manipulation, updating, changing, exchange) and data reporting (retrieval, presentation, analysis, combination, etc.). All of these actions and operations are applied to GIS as a tool that forms its database. The paper describes the types of the GIS data formats (vector, raster), database object definitions, relationships, geometric features, and the data organization structure. Some GIS applications and examples are given for better understanding of how GIS data can be used in GIS applications, with the respect to data formats, including surface elevation and slope from digital elevation model data (DEM), with the applicability in water industry.

An Overview of Geographic Information System and its Role and Applicability in Environmental Monitoring and Process Modeling

Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Institute of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Botanická 49, 917 24 Trnava, Slovak Republic

Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Technical University of Košice

Faculty of mechanical engineering, Department of environmental studies and information engineering, Technical University of Košice, Park Komenského 5, 041 87 Košice, Slovak Republic

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

The geographical information system (GIS) is a tool used generically for any computer-based capability for manipulating geographical data. The hardware and...

An Overview of Geographic Information System and its Role and Applicability in Environmental Monitoring and Process Modeling

Published Online: Mar 03, 2011

Page range: 91 - 96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10186-010-0031-1

Keywords
Geographical Information System (GIS), data vector, data raster, GIS data management, digital elevation model (DEM)

This content is open access.

An Overview of Geographic Information System and its Role and Applicability in Environmental Monitoring and Process Modeling

Published Online: Mar 03, 2011

Page range: 91 - 96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10186-010-0031-1

KeywordsGeographical Information System (GIS), data vector, data raster, GIS data management, digital elevation model (DEM)

This content is open access.

Keywords
Geographical Information System (GIS), data vector, data raster, GIS data management, digital elevation model (DEM)