Roles and functions of Geographic Information System (GIS) in various fields / Wan Nur Syazwani W. M, Rusamah Abd Jalil and Noorsazwan Ahmad Pugi

Data management is important and it useful especially when retrieving the data soon. As growth in information system in various industries, the ability of Geographic Information System (GIS) in improving operational efficiency is one the reason a lot of data are stored by using this software. Thus, the paper explains the roles and functions of GIS development in various sectors. With help GIS technology, the data are stored in the form of softcopy and people can make quick decisions. ArcCatalog is a backbone program in GIS when storing and managing the data. As the result, attribute tables will represent all data and will relate with geographic referenced.