Geographic information systems applicable to the survey

Abstract

The geographic information system is the set of tools that integrate and relate different components, among which we find software, hardware, processes and users. These components of the GIS system allows you to perform a large number of tasks, i.e. organizing, storing, manipulating, analyzing or even modeling a large amount of data that transforms into useful information about the real world. Geographic Information Systems are one of the most dynamic and novel fields of application of Computer Science, with an undoubted effect on society. This article examines its origins and current state, with special emphasis on the Spanish situation. The development of the research required the use of different methods and techniques of research: theoretical: logical, analysis and synthesis, induction–deduction and modeling; as well as empirical, with the help of techniques such as observation and analysis