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Coshocton SWCD uses a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to add and maintain database layers for parcels, SWCD cooperators and conservation practices installed with our assistance including tile drainage, manure storage facilities, filter strips, spring developments, heavy use pads, etc. GIS database layers will also be added to be used as a resource inventory and include livestock producers, non-point source pollution complaints (manure and forestry), wetland areas, flood prone areas, watersheds and others as the need arises.
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What is GIS and why use it?
GIS is a method to visualize, manipulate, analyze and display spatial data. GIS combines layers of information about a place to give you a better understanding of that place. What layers of information you combine depends on you purpose; finding the best location for a new store, analyzing environmental damage, viewing similar crimes in a city to detect a pattern, and so on. One of the main benefits of GIS is improved management of your organization and resources.
What do you need to use GIS?
A full GIS system requires the following: hardware (computers and peripherals), software, data, people, training, and sound analysis methods for interpreting the results generated by the GIS. The GIS database layers created by our office will be available to anyone. A GIS maps software that links information about where things are with information about what things are. Unlike with a paper map where "what you see is what you get," a GIS map can combine many layers of information.
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