Geographic+Information+System

A **__geographic information system__** or GIS integrates hardware, software and data for capturing, storing, manipulating, analyzing, managing, and presenting all kinds of geographically represented information.

GIS can include a wide range of things. Here are some examples of ways GIS can be used:

Additional Information can be found at this website. It breaks it down into how GIS is used by different groups of people...
 * For Students
 * For Teachers
 * For Administrators

Here is a great article that gives a myriad of great ideas for how to integrate GIS into your classroom.

The following video is an introduction to understanding GIS: media type="youtube" key="z5s8kbEdB68" height="315" width="420"

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