What is GIS? - Geographic Information Systems

• Here's a brief introduction to GIS from a government and public works viewpoint.
• See ESRI's What is GIS?.
• The U.S. Geological Survey's What is a GIS?
• Slide Show: Making GIS Happen

  We've saved this old slide show from 1998 because we believe it's still relevant.

  Making GIS Happen: A Manager's Guide to Successful Geographic Information System by Tom Palizzi, ESRI Denver.

GIS is part of the larger field of Geomatics.