Introduction to GIS for Education

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GIS is any system used to analyze, capture or work with geospatial data and can ingest three main types of data: tabular, vector and raster.
Different tools within the software are only able to work with specific data types.
Outside of classroom instruction common processes undertaken by education professionals conducting GIS work include:
- Facilities management (capacity, infrastructure, emergency planning).
- Administration
  - Comparison between schools, boards and other benchmarks
  - Location attributes (student:teacher ratios, funding, enrollment)
  - Transportation networks
  - Policy informed by community attributes
- Stakeholder feedback via participatory tools
ArcGIS Online is a proprietary tool that is great for entry level users.
Many visualization tools can be found linked from the data visualization subject guide.