
There are several software and tools available today which can assist with the utilization of geographically referenced data in population research.

The use cases of geospatial analysis include crisis management, weather monitoring, climate change modeling, sales analysis, human population forecasting, and the list goes on. This information is usually represented in terms of geographic coordinates or implicitly, in terms of a street address, postal code, or forest stand identifier as they are applied to geographic models.

Geospatial analysis can essentially be described as the gathering, display, and manipulation of imagery, GPS, satellite photography, and historical data.
