Describe the concept of territory and its relation to human activity and government control, and how it is different from a space.
Applications of GIS in Political Science encompass analyses and visualizations of populations, states and governments and the interactions between them; and inform decision making in a wide range of venues including policy making, political and electoral behavior and geopolitical interactions broadly. The theoretical antecedents of GIS applications in political science derive from several academic traditions, primarily related to spatial analysis, environmental determinism, and political geography, and are focused on how political and economic factors shape election outcomes. Therefore, the application of GIS in political science is characterized by its emphasis on analyzing and visualizing the spatial dependencies and patterns that underlie political processes. In this way Political Science GIS can be integrated with, expand and inform aspects of other venues of GIS like economics, criminal justice, planning and more.