What is a GIS?
Geographic Information System
GIS composed of 5 parts:
hardware, software, data, procedures, and people
Map
a product showing information
Basemap
background layer; select one that suits the project focus
Open Data
publicly available data (Esri’s approach)
Vector
discrete information (points, lines, polygons)
Layer
a slice of data in the map (used to organize data)
Raster
a digital surface (not discrete)
Attribute
information about spatial data
ArcGIS Pro
software by Esri - made with the intent to familiarize the UI
Geoprocessing
any GIS operation used to manipulate data