Geographic Information Systems

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a useful tool for managing, analyzing, and mapping spatially referenced (to the earth) data and associated attributes. AGS utilizes GIS on most projects for exploration, analyses, and presentation of relevant data sets. For example, we specialize in data collection, visualization, and analysis of remote sensing generated products (i.e., land cover, NDVI, land-surface temperature, leaf-area index, and albedo), model inputs (i.e., soils and climate) and outputs (i.e., soil transport and emissions). GIS is also useful for linking spatially-defined attribute data, originally in tabular form, to a explore geospatial relationships.



The suite of GIS products now available requires specially trained analysts to effectively utilize the comprehensive toolsets embedded within software packages. GIS has powerful capabilities to integrate diverse datasets containing different types of data (continuous, discrete, ratio), different formats (vector vs. raster), and data generated from multiple sources at multiple scales. This requires knowledge of geographically-based principals and a theoretical understanding of spatial relationships and the dynamics of scale. At AGS, we specialize in applying advanced GIS approaches to solving problems. We focus on using GIS to transform data into useful information for decision-making. Therefore, we divide our GIS abilities into two categories. These are using GIS as a tool to help solve problems and developing GIS technologies such as web-based mapping.

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