Who uses GIS?
GIS has evolved into a technology that is used by many industries and agencies to help plan, design, engineer, build and maintain information infrastructures that effects our everyday lives. Here are a few common users of GIS:
Agriculture
Analyzing crop yields
Emergency departments
Planning quickest routes
Environment agencies
Identifying areas of risk from e.g. flood
Epidemiology
To link clusters of disease to sources
Estate agents
Locating properties that match certain criteria
Forestry
Inventory and management of resources
Government
Evidence for funding and policy e.g. deprivation
Health
Planning services & health impact assessments
Insurance
Identifying risk e.g. properties at risk of flooding
