What is geographic information systems?
GIS, meaning tools for managing, manipulating, and displaying location-specific data: mapping demographics, employment, trade areas, drive-time zones, competing properties, and flood zones.
Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.
Related terms
From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.