Micfry GISPro Consult

18/11/2015

HAPPY GIS DAY.
micfry GISPro consult 3hrs free training will start by 11a.m today. To mark the world GIS day for all our esteem customers.

13/11/2015

DISCOVERING THE WORLD THROUGH GIS

GIS Day provides an international forum
for users of geographic information
systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our society. come 18 Nov; 2015 micfryGISPro consult will join rest of the international communities to celebrate WORLD GIS DAY. And micfryGISPro consult will celebrate this in grand style by offering 3hrs free GIS training to everyone who will come to our head office to celebrate with us at No 6 Peace Avenue FUTA south gate Akure Ondo State.

18/08/2015

GIS is now a leading tool in the development
and application of contemporary urban and
regional research for planning purposes.
Current developments in GIS are geared
largely towards improving the technical
functionality of GIS as a tool for storage,
processing, integration and representation of
spatial data. There is also a vast range of
planning applications. In the past, many
planners and public officials believed that
computer technology would provide a
technological solution to complex and difficult
issues of public policy. The hope for a quick
technological fix appears to have once again
raised expectations beyond what is
realistically possible, especially given the
existing capabilities of microcomputer-based
systems. This is particularly true for GIS
packages that are designed primarily to meet
the needs of resource and facilities
management. Planning tasks including
analysis, projection, and evaluation have
proved difficult to automate and so remain
outside the scope of a typical GIS.

15/08/2015

GIS as a tool in detecting crime.

Prior to the computers the law enforcing
authorities had a tough job controlling
the crime, they had a very limited
resources compared to resources which
modern crime fighters have today.
Computers have really changed the
dynamics of crime fighting; crime
fighters are now armed with latest
technology which helps them to nab the
culprits in no time.
Crime is a human phenomenon;
therefore its distribution in space is not
random (National Institute of Justice (NIJ
website). Crime analysis methods are
important because they help to identify
the different geographic patterns in
criminal behavior. There are many
conventional tools that allow crime data
analysis, but GIS software can create a
single visual output that combines
multiple data layers into a meaningful
output. The analysis between crime and
other factors, for example, demography,
housing, income, or social conditions,
can lead to the understanding of the
place and crime relationship based on
the conditions compared.
GIS started in era of Mainframe
computer, at that time it was a costly
affair and not many law enforcing
agencies can afford this technology, but
the migration of GIS from mainframe to
desktop computer has provided the law
enforcing agencies a cost effective
option for crime control. GIS has evolved
as a powerful analytical tool in the last
few decades. Due to the slashing down of
prices of GIS software, this technology is
now easily available to any law
enforcing agency in the world.
Information management has always
been a main concern for Law
enforcement authorities, especially the
location information. Traditional law
enforcement approaches--confidential
information through informers, street
investigations, and undercover
operations—are effective ways of data
collection. However, data collection
without data analysis is of no use, GIS
allow effective integration and analysis
of data to identify, apprehend, and
prosecute suspects; it also helps the law
enforcing agency to provide against
crime through effective allocation of
resources.
Today, with the rapid advancement of
technology, a computer-based technique
for exploring, visualizing, and
examining the occurrences of criminal
activity is essential. One of the more
influential tools facilitating exploration
of the spatial distribution of crime is
GIS. The fundamental strength of GIS
over traditional crime analytical tools
and methods is the ability to visualize,
analyze and explain the criminal
activity in a spatial context. Certain
environmental factors, such as the
physical layout of the area, proximity to
various services and land use are likely
to influence criminal behavior and it is
necessary to take them into account
when analyzing the crime data.
The majority (91%) of law enforcement
departments using GIS software reported
the use of geo-coding. This method is the
initial and vital step in the creation of a
geographical data collection database, so
that the data includes exact time and
location information. Consequently,
modern GIS software allows law
enforcement agencies to produce more
versatile electronic maps by combining
their crime databases of reported crime
locations with digitized maps of the
target areas.

14/08/2015

Role of Geographic information system (GIS) in tackling climate change effect.
Climate change is a
geographic problem, and we
believe solving it takes a
geographic solution.
GIS has a long history of driving environmental
understanding and decision making.
Policymakers, planners, scientists, and many
others worldwide rely on GIS for data
management and scientific analysis.
GIS users represent a vast reservoir of
knowledge, expertise, and best practices in
applying this cornerstone technology to climate
science, carbon management, renewable energy,
sustainability, and disaster management.

14/08/2015

Geographic information system (GIS) as a tool in tourism development.

Decision-making in tourism development and
planning is becoming increasingly complex as
organisations and communities have to come to
terms with the competing economic, social and
environmental demands of sustainable
development. Geographical Information Systems
(GIS) can be regarded as providing a tool box of
techniques and technologies of wide applicability
to the achievement of sustainable tourism
development. Spatial (environmental) data can
be used to explore conflicts, examine impacts
and assist decision-making. Impact assessment
and simulation are increasingly important in
tourism development, and GIS can play a role in
auditing environmental conditions, examining the
suitability of locations for proposed
developments, identifying conflicting interests
and modelling relationships. Systematic
evaluation of environmental impact is often
hindered by information deficiencies but also
tools for data integration, manipulation,
visualisation and analysis. GIS seems particularly
suited to this task. This paper examines the
progress tourism related organisations are
making towards the utilisation of GIS and its
integration with the principles of sustainable
development

13/08/2015

GIS as a tool in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a
procedure that ensures that the environmental
implications of
decisions are taken into account before the
decisions are made. EIA is one of the older and
most institutionalised procedures, and refers
primarily to the environmental assessment of
project level interventions. It is the one
framework that is most firmly embedded in
national legislation.
During an EIA procedure environmental
consequences of projects are identified and
assessed before authorisation is given to the
project. The assessment could lead to making
modifications to the project, for example to
mitigate or reduce the expected environmental
impacts. Public involvement is a key element of
the EIA procedure. The public is informed of the
decision afterwards.
The process involves an analysis of the likely
effects on the environment, recording those
effects in a report, undertaking a public
consultation exercise on the report, taking into
account the comments and the report when
making the final decision and informing the
public about that decision afterwards. The
International Association for Impact Assessment
describes the following steps as being part of an
EIA process: screening, scoping, examination of
alternatives, impact analysis, mitigation and
impact management, evaluation of significance,
preparation of environmental impact statement
(EIS) report, review of the EIS, decision making
and follow up. Note that not all these steps are
specifically mentioned in the EU EIA directive.
Screening: process of determining whether
an EIA is required for a specific project.
Scoping: identifying the impacts that are likely
to be important.
Examination of alternatives: process of
determining the environmentally most desired
policy option.
Impact analysis: process of identifying and
predicting the effects of the proposal.
Mitigation and impact management: process
to establish measures (or mechanisms) to
minimise negative effects.
Evaluation of significance: process of
evaluation if the impacts that cannot be
mitigated are acceptable as compared to the
benefits stemming from the proposal.
Environmental impact statement (EIS) report.
Review of the EIS: process of assessing the
quality of the report.
Decision making: approving or rejecting the
proposal (although arguably not occurring
within the EIA process).
Follow up: process of monitoring impacts and
effectiveness of mitigation measures as well
as reflecting on the EIA to strengthen future
applications.
Application of GIS in the process of
Environmental Impact Assessment.
Geographical information systems can be applied
at all EIA stages. EIA is a decision process,
which aims to both identify and anticipate
impacts on the natural environment. The
interface between these two components
produces several effects, which will generate
specific impacts. GIS can also be explored within
the EIA process to improve different features,
mainly related to data storage and access, to the
analytical capabilities and to the communicability
of the results. The development of such a
system will allow a more realistic approach to
the environmental descriptors and a better
understanding of their interrelationships. GIS will
bring to the EIA process a new way of analyzing
and manipulating spatial objects and an improved
way of communicating the results of the
analysis, which can be of great importance to
the public participation process.
The use of GIS in the EIA process, where public
participation is of great importance, requires the
development of applications allowing a better
understanding of spatial phenomena. During the
EIA process many different variables and
phenomena presenting complex
interrelationships, which vary in space and time
are considered. These procedures involve
technical analysis that includes changing
assumptions and priorities and descriptions of
significant visual and audible impacts.
The capabilities of GIS in the EIA process are:
It is possible to store large amounts of
different kinds of data. The access to these
rich databases allows the performance of
dynamic queries based on real world
representations.
Concerning the analytical capabilities, some
potential functionality can be added such as
the use of interactive video and digital sound
associated with zoning maps, to help planners
and decision-makers to visualize and better
evaluate the impact of a new infrastructure.
Other capabilities are related to the
integration of spatial simulations associated
with real images and to stereoscopic aerial
photographs in order to get an improved
visualization of the phenomena and their
evaluation in real time.
The results of EIA correspond to compressed
information to synthesize in a small number of
descriptors the complex and diversified
universe that has been analysed. In a GIS, the
improvements in the communicability of the
results are associated with the use of images,
which represent information in a compact
way, of easier comprehension.

12/08/2015

The role of GIS in solid waste
management.Malaysia as a case study, lesson for Nigeria
The role of Geographic Information Systems
(GIS)in solid waste management is very large as
many aspects of its planning and operations are
highly dependent on spatial data. In general, GIS
plays a key role in maintaining account data to
facilitate collection operations; customer service;
analyzing optimal locations for transfer stations;
planning routes for vehicles transporting waste
from residential, commercial and industrial
customers to transfer stations and from transfer
stations to landfills; locating new landfills and
monitoring the landfill. GIS is a tool that not only
reduce time and cost of the site selection, but
also provide a digital data bank for future
monitoring program of the site.
Many companies work in the filed of solid waste
management in Malaysia have allocated budget
for GIS. For example, Alam Flora Sdn. Bhd.
(AFSB) is a company responsible for the
collection, transportation, and disposal of 70% of
Malaysia's solid waste. It has taken an initiative
to setup a GIS like ArcInfo and ArcView as key
components for managing its information

12/08/2015

Role of GIS in site selection
Using GIS to Assist Location and Site Selection
concentrates on how real life problems and
decisions of business location can be supported
through the integration of modeling and mapping
with GIS. It covers one of the most powerful
tools currently utilized to assist the location and
site decision selection of the best suitable
alternative. Using GIS to Assist Location and Site
Selection introduces the reader to the historic
background of site selection analysis, extensively
explains trade area and shows how to use
available web-map applications to gather
demographic data.

12/08/2015

Role of GIS in disaster management.

Disaster risk information is spatial in nature and
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play an
important role in disaster risk assessment and
management. For this reason, there is a
significant need to create awareness among the
disaster management professionals regarding the
importance of GIS usage.
Equally important is creation of awareness on
the use of Open Source software solutions, both
for development and management use and for
GIS work to improve accessibility for people,
organizations and countries with lesser means of
funding GIS implementation and use.
The main purpose of the course is to enhance
the capabilities of executive managers and
technical staff involved in disaster risk
management by providing them with
understanding on the use of spatial information
in disaster risk management.
Participants acquire hands-on skills in application
of Geographical Information System (GIS) and
Remote Sensing (RS) in disaster risk
management interventions, and learn to work
with, spatial data, satellite images and Public
Participatory GIS tools, that are the key to a
better understanding of hazard, vulnerability and risk

25/07/2015

Climate change is a
geographic problem, and we
believe solving it takes a
geographic solution.
GIS has a long history of driving environmental
understanding and decision making.
Policymakers, planners, scientists, and many
others worldwide rely on GIS for data
management and scientific analysis.
GIS users represent a vast reservoir of
knowledge, expertise, and best practices in
applying this cornerstone technology to climate
science, carbon management, renewable energy,
sustainability, and disaster management.

21/07/2015