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Geographic Information System (GIS) is an important tool for most applications in environmental and natural resources inventory, planning and policy decision. The fact is that GIS facilitates translating the real world situation relating to geographical dimension through integrating all map related information sources. The use of GIS as a decision and analytical tool in many countries of the world is on the rise because of the drastic decrease in the cost of computer hardware and software components, as well as greater reliability on its analytical capability and volume of information generation.

GIS has recently become well known in Sikkim and the number of GIS users is growing steadily. Yet, many organizations in the country are not aware of computerized GIS database and its analytical capabilities due mainly to the lack of trained manpower, adequate and appropriate hardware and software, suitable working environment within the organizations, etc. With the help of GIS technology and its database, the role of many government organizations dealing with environment and planning can be substantiated, enhanced, strengthened and broadened in the fields of planning and decision-making. In this regard, strong support and strategic planning of GIS facilities are crucial.

1. Need assessment of GIS technology: existing status of GIS in Many department, fields areas for GIS use as well as its potential users in view of scope of work of department

2. Data (both spatial and non-spatial) acquisition: methods and quality level of data as well as its standardization, designing database and production, documentation and dissemination procedures.
3. GIS technology infrastructure: type of hardware and software and their units, installation and operation, physical requirement for the set up and further expansion.

4. GIS facility maintenance mechanism: monitoring, system of regular maintenance of the machines, backup and security provisions and network.

5. Human resource development: training for skill development and awareness of GIS.

6. Implementation and management: appropriate mechanism/plan for technical, managerial and logistic support, monitoring system, mechanism for intra/inter agency coordination.



A geographic information system (GIS), also known as a geographical information system or geospatial information system, is any system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to Earth.
In the strictest sense, it is any information system capable of integrating, storing, editing, analyzing, sharing, and displaying geographically referenced information. In a more generic sense, GIS is a tool that allows users to create interactive queries (user created searches), analyze the spatial information, edit data, maps, and present the results of all these operations. Geographic information science is the science underlying the geographic concepts, applications and systems, taught in degree and GIS Certificate programs at many universities.
Geographic information system technology can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, asset management, environmental impact assessment, urban planning, cartography, criminology, history, sales, marketing, and logistics. For example, GIS might allow emergency planners to easily calculate emergency response times in the event of a natural disaster, GIS might be used to find wetlands that need protection from pollution, or GIS can be used by a company to site a new business to take advantage of a previously underserved market.