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GIS And My Fields Of Interest - Essay

GIS And My Fields Of Interest

I was introduced to GIS in the Fall of 1998. My Environmental Science Lab Instructor spent an afternoon giving us an overview of this "new" technology. Needless to say an afternoon was not enough to teach me everything I needed/wanted to know about GIS but it was enough of a teaser to get me interested in the program.
Currently I am a senior with a double major in environmental science and political science and a minor in biology. I have ambitions towards law school and I would like to touch on the uses of GIS in all of these areas that which I have interest in. I will not go into too much detail when dealing with each area because if I did you wouldn't ever get it all read so I think ...

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can't be released are records in the Internal Revenue Service, Census Bureau, and also the Mineral Management Service. Another holder of private information would be the Department of Defense, withholding war information and military technology. So far the primary legal uses of GIS are the access to information, product liabilities and breaching of contracts. But GIS is relatively new so there are definitely more uses of GIS in law in the near future. (Epstein, p.498)
Now on to the political arena and the uses of GIS in this area. I will use the state of Iowa as an example. The state government used GIS to redraw congressional and legislative districts for upcoming elections. GIS saved time and money and work by allowing this redistricting to be done on computer. Also the state government is going to use the LSB (Legislative Service Bureau) and the BBSP (Block Boundary Suggestion Project) to help redistrict the state to get them prepared for the 2000 Census. (esri.com, ...

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