Managing spatial based information management is one of the challenging job for all software developer. The high expectation on the system tends to create a problem when the software that being delivered is not fulfil the exact requirement from the user. One of the best spatial management software is Geographical Information system or GIS. GIS is a system that manage all spatial information and has been proven to be a great tools to assists decision maker to  make decisions. The basic components of GIS system is listed below.

1. Software

Software is one of the basic component about GIS technology. One of the best GIS software available in the market is from ESRI.  This software will be use to capture spatial data, analyze and to prepare map composition for any purposes.

2. Data

Software without data is useless. Data from GIS perspective is data that being captured and transform into digital form. Among others GIS data will capture any data related to features or graphics. For the example, road layer, cadastral and contour.

3. Hardware

To operate and maximize GIS technology, the organization is required to have hardware in place. This is to ensure the Software and data can be operate using such hardware.

Tags: GIS, inventory

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