YOU SNEEZE AND IT’ S A GIS
The clock made in China that wakes you up, is a GIS.
The sneeze you greet the world with, is resultant from bacteria from the Island of Zwakara and it’s spreading through Europe as we speak – a GIS!
You rush to the bathroom and the water is supplied through a GIS.
The pipes transporting the waste water, is mapped in a GIS.
The kettle you switched on is a GIS – Oh, ESKOM!
The car you pulled out, is a GIS.
The bicycle you going to use today, is a GIS.
The road you’re attempting is a GIS.
The robots you encounter, is a GIS.
The school you visit is a GIS.
Be brave now and share with us how your life is divorced from a GIS! OR attached to a GIS.
Don’t sneeze you might spread zwakaria to Africa1
5 comments:
I must have been very slow at school (or perhaps GiS never existed?!?).
Can someone explain how bicycle, car etc relates to GiS?
Many motorists have the luxury of an on board Geographic Positioning System (GPS) or you can acquie it for round about R2000. This is a GIS tool assistig you in planning your route and directing you with its electronic compass to a specific point on the surface. That is a direct form of GIS.You are indirectly involved in a GIS by using the roads hat has been build and mapped with the information gathered from the environment.This information is just as relevant for the cycler and his or her route to a destination and back.
We didn't even touched the composition of a car or bicycle -where, the material comes from, how and at what cost? If you move on the road, you become part of the statistics of road users, their needs and habits; clearly part of a next GIS.
Your point is well made - with the shrinking globe the importance of GIS cannot be emphasised too much.
Congratuations with the launch of this blog. May it be a source of information and contemplation to many of our educators and learners.
Recently I bought a mobile phone and to my surprise I found that it was GIS-enabled. I have to pay for the service of course, but I nevertheless have it.
This is a very nice posting, but I have read it now every day for the past two months: looking forward to the next enlightening item that could contribute towards better geography teaching.
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