Applications of Geographic Information System - Part 5

 Energy Use Tracking and Planning: GIS is a useful technology that helps in the organization, planning, and subsequent expansion of the energy and utility sectors. The efficient administration of energy systems is a difficult task. For facility planning, design, and maintenance, GIS provides a ton of promise. Additionally, it offers better services that are also economically efficient.

Volcanic Hazard Identification: Hot avalanches, hot particles in the air, lava flows, and flooding are all hazards associated with volcanoes that could endanger human life and the environment. By looking at the typical historical records of volcanic activity and incorporating GIS, one might identify potential volcanic hazard zones. Therefore, economic damage, loss of life, and loss of property in densely populated areas are all covered in a study on the impact assessment of volcanic risks. Rapid response against volcanic activities may assist to lessen the impact on people's money and health thanks to the GIS-based platforms that allow us to assess the damage.

Worldwide Earthquake Information System: The occurrence of an earthquake is among nature's most frightful and devastating phenomena. It is important to be informed on global trends in earthquake incidence. The earthquake engineers and seismologists will benefit greatly from a GIS-based user interface system for querying on earthquake catalog in order to better comprehend the behavior pattern of earthquakes in the geographical and temporal domain. Remote sensing and geographic information systems (A. M. Chandra, S. K. Ghosh)

 

Fire equipment response distance analysis: GIS can be used to assess how far away from a firehouse each section of the street network is, as determined by the street network. This can be helpful when deciding where the ideal place to build a new fire station would be or when figuring out how well certain regions are covered by the fire department for insurance ratings. Report on Development in Himachal Pradesh

 

Irrigation water management: The availability of irrigation water in any area is vital for the agricultural production of that region.It must be managed correctly and efficiently for the correct use of water. To assess the performance of irrigation, the integrated use of satellite remote sensing and GIS assisted by ground information has been found. efficient technique in the spatial and temporal domain for the identification of the main crops and their conditions, and the determination of their extent and areal yield. Crop irrigation needs were determined by considering factors such as evapotranspiration, net irrigation needs, field irrigation needs, Irrigation need and total monthly water volume required, organizing them in a GIS environment. (AM Chandra, S.K. Ghosh, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System)

Tourism Information System: GIS offers a useful toolkit of methods and innovations with broad relevance for achieving sustainable tourist development. This offers the perfect foundation for the tools needed to create a deeper knowledge and can meet the needs of visitors. They will receive all the click-related information, calculate distance, locate hotels and restaurants, and even navigate to the relevant URLs. Information is essential to both the profitability of the tourism sector as well as tourists' ability to plan their travel from one location to another. This has numerous benefits for both tourists and the tourism industry.