The Power of GIS

Patron puts the power of GIS to work in the form of hard-data maps that can be used by staff throughout your library.

GIS is a superior technology for visualizing data, analyzing content, making findings, communicating recommendations, and managing knowledge.

Only by using GIS-based mapping technology can a library visually analyze patron, checkout, gatecount, and program data in order to deliver more effective library services.

Using GIS means that the library will be visualizing information and making decision use reliable and accurate data. Decisions will be based upon facts.

GIS is a powerful method to visualize and analyze data that is impossible to do with tables and spreadsheets alone. GIS projects tabular data spatially by latitude and longitude, providing unprecedented accuracy. GIS abstracts the real world into layers, each of which can be viewed independently and in relation to each other. Spatial projection of data allows us to analyze geographic characteristics to reveal trends, patterns, and opportunities that are otherwise hidden in the tables and spreadsheets.

The resulting maps are powerful visual analysis tools. A picture is worth a thousand words.