Overview of GIS maps

When you add maps to your IBM® TRIRIGA® portals and forms, users see data in graphic form, with features you customize to enhance their understanding of the data. To show maps in the IBM TRIRIGA application, you must create a GIS map record for each map, and you must specify the location of your GIS map server.

A geographic information system (GIS) is a system for capturing, storing, analyzing, and managing data and associated attributes that are spatially referenced to Earth. In the strictest sense, it is an information system capable of integrating, storing, editing, analyzing, sharing, and showing geographically referenced information. With GIS, users can create interactive queries, analyze spatial information, edit data, integrate maps, and present the results of these tasks.

Geographic information system technology is used for resource management, asset management, environmental impact assessment, urban planning, sales, marketing, logistics, and many other activities. For example, GIS makes it possible for facility managers to easily assess impacts on facility assets in the event of a natural disaster. Or, GIS can be used to find a site for a new business to take advantage of a previously underserved market.