Provide a 6 pages analysis while answering the following question: GIS is Dead: Long Live GIS. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. GIS is the most reliable system that can be used in the field of exploration of landscape maps for the purpose of crime-zone detection and early identification of vulnerabilities to the society caused by human interference. It is also a great monitoring infrastructure for ascertaining the possibilities of unfriendly changes of the troposphere which may result in volcanoes, earthquakes, or landslides. The system helps the entire agriculture sector by providing timely information on possible threats of atmospheric changes whereby the farming sector can be precautious about their losses in advance. Moreover, it helps in areas like space research, telecommunication, navigation, and fisheries besides the most popular use of spatial data service. While considering the importance of GIS in the normal life and occupation of human beings, it is difficult to believe that GIS is dying and that it needs any resurrection.

Even as the debate over the existence or expiry of GIS persists, it is clear that the system is widely used as a platform for the analysis of various features important for policy formulation and decision making by the governments of different countries today. In a generalized opinion, “geographical information is defined as georeferenced data that have been processed into a form that is meaningful and of real or perceived value to decision-makers” (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2010). Therefore, it is implied that the existence and the utility of the GIS operation tools are directly dependent on how effectively they are applied in the process of human activities ranging from environmental administration to town planning. Some of the people, however, believe that GIS a mere word processing tool. But the areas of evaluation and the amount of knowledge applied in the operation of the system states that it more profoundly a worldwide monitor than a mere desktop device.&nbsp.&nbsp.