Research

It's not just geographers who recognize the power of GIS for understanding patterns and events on the globe. More than 100 different academic disciplines covering every major division within a typical university use GIS tools for research.

• Precision farming is becoming important to agriculture.
• Criminal justice is using GIS to analyze crime patterns.
• Business schools are refining target marketing techniques.
• Public health schools are tracking the spread of disease.
• Hydrologists are mapping the spread of toxins in subsurface water.
• Foresters are more efficiently managing their resources.