Theevolvingcapabilityofgeographicinformationsystems(GIS)makesitpossibleforcomputersystemstohandlegeospatialdatainamoreefficientandeffectiveway.Theattempttotakeadvantageofthesedataandmoderngeospatialtechnologiestoinvestigatenaturalandhumansystemsandtomodelandpredicttheirbehaviors