how is geographic information used for location studies for a developing country?
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Geographic information can give hints about the country's recources, economy, and even culture. You can use the geographical information to find trends in the country and use that to improve many aspects the developing country. It also allows you to prevent any negative aspects caused by location.
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it helps you to understand your exact location with respect to some place that you are studying about.it is also very interesting to study maps.plus most importantly knowing your maps well fetches you good marks/grades in geography.
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Great dissertation topic!  I love it.  As you might be aware, this is a hot topic lately both in academia and in the field with the increasing use of ArcIMS and now the public mapping APIs such as Google Maps as well.\n\nI teach courses in GIS and real estate and this is definitely the number 1 interest among my students.  Well, perhaps using the GIS for valuations is equally as popular.\n\nThe best way to get started is to visit your friendly university library.  If your university offers PhD degrees, the library should be able to provide you with the info you need.  Two databases that will provide the most hits for you are Ingenta and SpringerLink.\n\nTo help give you a jump-start to your research, here are some publications that I have marked:\n\n+ Architecture for a real estate analysis information system using GIS techniques integrated with fuzzy theory, Pagourtzi, Elli, Journal of Property Investment and Finance, Volume 24, Number 1, 2006, pp. 68-78(11).\n\n+ Optimal spatial decision making using GIS: a prototype of a real estate geographical information system (REGIS), Zeng T. Q, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Volume 15, Number 4, 1 June 2001, pp. 307-321(15).\n\n+ Towards a 3D cadastre: where do cadastral needs and technical possibilities meet?, Stoter J., Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 27, Number 4, July 2003, pp. 395-410(16).\n\n+ REALMEDIA: providing multimedia-based real-estate services through the Internet, Cao J., Automation in Construction, Volume 10, Number 2, January 2001, pp. 275-289(15).\n\n+ Real Estate Problem Solving and Geographic Information Systems: A Stage Model of Reasoning, Larry E. Wofford, Journal of Real Estate Literature, Volume 5, Number 2 / July, 1997.\n\n+ The Real Estate Information System: A National Project that Fully Implement GIS in Handling Land Registration Transactions in Qatar - http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc99/proceed/papers/pap961/p961.htm\n\n+ As a case study, you might want to check out uMoveFree ( http://www.umovefree.com ).  This company has leveraged GIS and other information systems in the residential rental market.\n\n+ The North Texas Real Estate Information Systems, Inc. ( http://www.ntreis.net/ ) provides the MLS and other real estate datasets for my local area.  As a case study, Texas A&M used GIS to generate various maps based on NTREIS data ( http://recenter.tamu.edu/data/gis/NtreisGis.html ).
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you can go to demographicsguru.com\n\nMethodology & Data \n This is the method used for getting the counts for a one mile radius from an address, as an example.   Geocoding an address provides a point geometry (small black circle), which is then buffered by 1 mile (red circle; miles specified by user; in this case 1 mile). This resulting geometry is used as filtering criteria to retrive all zip code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) that spatial intersect with it (turquoise and green polygons). Then, for each result, a new geometry is created that is the intersection of our buffered point and the geometry in the current database row (light magenta triangle for 35007, green within red circle for 35080). The area of it's intersection is divided by the total area of the ZCTA to obtain the percentage of area coverage by our buffered point within ZCTA. This percentage is then applied to tha total number of homes, apartments, and businesses in the ZCTA to give us the resulting numbers that are returned to the user.  \n\nall the info you need here\n\nhttp://www.demographicsguru.com/?gclid=CKKaz_aRvogCFTJpGAod91nb_A\n\n:>peace
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Cool question. GPS (satellite) navigation is totally interesting.\n\nNow  you can buy super cheap old map CD's like Rand Macnally StreetFinder, or Microsoft"Trips and Streets" on ebay which hook up to a cheap GPS. These will run on any old laptop and you've got a navigation system for low cost.\n\nNow you can also store a map on CD pretty easily and use it with an inexpensive GPS unit. There are lots of shareware programs to do this. Gartrip is the easiest to use in my experience.
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use the legend to help u get information from the map\nthe colours will help u too ex, blue for lakes rivers oceans etc
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GIS is an amazing tool for almost anything.  In my opinion you could use GIS for your application of utility lines by determining population, useage of the utility in an area, the economy of the area, and other factors that are important to your field.  GIS then can map these data sets and help you determine where they are needed, where you can cut back and what changes can be made to make better use of utilities.
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Well, in these days we can use satellite technology to map the globe, by getting information from both geological & geographical satellites, and combine that with GPS technology, you will get what you seek.
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No, areas like that use satellite. They have these portable satellite things that cost a fortune.\nhttp://www.thuraya.pl/inmarsat.html
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Human geography deals with people and how they interact with their surrounding environment.
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Go to:\nhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2777.htm\nand\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/my.html
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The five themes of geography are location, place, interaction between people and their environment, movement and region.\n\nSo I guess a brief summary of each??? \n\nLocation: Two kinds, absolute location (using longitude and latitude to pinpoint an area) and relative location (location in relation to place around it).\n\nPlace: Defined using physical and human characteristics. Physical-landforms, climate, soil and animal life in a place. Human-people's way of life (activities, means of transportation, religion, languages.\n\nInteraction Between People and Their Environment: The changes that people make to their environment. People can also adapt to their environment (example: in lands of  the Artic north, people build homes from ice.)\n\nMovement: Includes movement of people (to find freedom, a better life, because of natural disasters or against their will), movement of goods (trade), and movement of ideas. This leads to interdependence, which is the dependence of countries on goods, resources and knowledge from other parts of the world. \n\nRegion: Definition--an area with its own unifying characteristics. Can be identified by cultural features, political features, economic features or physical characteristics.
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I imagine many people have already mentioned the possibility of working for a governmental agency.  I would like to suggest to you the pursuit of employment and quite possibly a career in International Development with one of the many NGOs working in your region.  Your specialization in geography as it relates to civilization, humanity and population could be of great service to agencies that work in the areas of education, environment and relief on behalf of the less fortunate. \nSee the following NGO directories:\n\nhttp://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/ngos.htm\nhttp://www.unchs.org/unchs/english/ngos/prof1.htm\n\nGood Luck in Your Endeavors!
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Could you tell me what exactly you're looking for? I deal with a lot of these data problems at work everyday. I need to understand a few things:1. What geography are you talking about? 2. For what are you doing the report? school/b-school/business? 3. What do sort of inferences are you looking for in your data? Do you want to establish eating habits/buying behaviour/etc? You can write to me on equitymonkinlove@yahoo.com
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Geographic travel location facts\n\n\nAds by Google: \n\nCity Maps\nEverything to do with City Maps items.\neBay.com\n\nLuxury Cruises to Africa\nTravel in Luxury on Crystal Cruises Voted World’s Best Cruise Line\nwww.CrystalCruises.com\n\nUltimate guide to Rome\n100 sights, maps, itineraries Full color guidebook & audio guide\nwww.unabellavista.com\n\nGhana\nVisiting Ghana? Compare hotel prices, reviews, maps\ntravel.Yahoo.com\n\nKenya\nInformation About Currency, Country, Politics And More\nwww.gocurrency.com\n\n\nYakwa\n\nAlternative Name: Yakwa\nName Type: Native\nArea / State: N/A\n\nCoordinates & Location type:\n\nArea Type: Populated place\nLocation Type: Populated Place\n\nLatitude: 5\nLongitude: 19.88333\n(Decimal degrees)\nzaireafrica\nLatitude (DMS): 5° 0' 0 N\nLongitude (DMS): 19° 52' 60 E\n(Degrees, minutes and seconds)\n\nLocation modified: 1/5/1994\nMaps & Location database updated: 2004-02-27i think its a type of root vegetablethat can be scraped
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I agree with the first answer.\n\nyou have to consider:\n-topography of location (is the area surrounded by mountains, or is the location a 'free-space' type?)\n-type of network to be built (wired or wireless?)\n-distances of endpoints (if you're opting for wireless)\n\nfor your reference:
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I like using Google Earth to get Lat/Long info. Just take it to where you want to go, and the coordinates are in the lower left corner. Free download, and hours of nerdy entertainment.