Like majority of the participants (perhaps not?), as a group of undergraduates that majoring in Real Estate in National University of Singapore, at first, we are not aware of th concept of GIS (even the meaning of GIS).
However, having took up the elective module-"RE2901- GIS in Real Estate", we were exposed to GIS, the use of GIS, the available mechanism and many more. Like other concepts or disciplines, there are many meanings attached to GIS as well.
GIS, the acronym stands for Geographic Information System. It is easy to obtain many explainations from the internet. In general, it is a system that make use of geographically reference data to integrates, share, analyze, edit and display geographic information. For instance, a map will provides many useful info about geographical condition for developers to look at, but a GIS will help to form market analysis report to aid in decision making
Then, as real estate students, we will think then why we need to learn some many other things such as ArcGIS, spatial data, non-spatial data and metadata (Afterall, we are not computing or IT students that are well verse in data management and programming). Through the competition, the knowledges acquired along the way broaden our understanding, GIS is not only about geography, it also encompasses database management, cartography, statistics and logical thinking.
We will attempt to share what we learn, find and enjoy during the next few weeks..
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