《ESRI电子图书 - GIS in Africa - GIS Best Practices》.pdf

GIS Best Practices GIS in Africa March 2009 Table of Contents What Is GIS? 1 Global Dialogues: GIScience and Sustainable Development in Africa 3 Cape Towns Emphasis on Systems Integration Exemplifi es Smart City Goals 7 Early Warning Planning for Mosquito-Borne Epidemics 13 Planning Education Projects in Rural Ethiopia Using GIS 17 Nigerian Voting System Modernized 21 Helping Elephants Across the African Continent with GIS 25 South African Educators Teach GIS—With or Without Computers 31 Ghana Project Leverages GIS-Based Title Registration and Microfi nance to Alleviate Poverty 39 i What Is GIS? Making decisions based on geography is basic to human thinking. Where shall we go, what will it be like, and what shall we do when we get there are applied to the simple event of going to the store or to the major event of launching a bathysphere into the oceans depths. By understanding geography and peoples relationship to location, we can make informed decisions about the way we live on our planet. A geographic information system (GIS) is a technological tool for comprehending geography