The Canada Geographic Information System (CGIS) was an early geographic information system (GIS) developed for the Government of Canada beginning in the...
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A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic...
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A historical geographic information system (also written as historical GIS or HGIS) is a geographic information system that may display, store and analyze...
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support the use of a geographic information system, providing the ability to create, store, manage, query, analyze, and visualize geographic data, that is,...
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China portal Geography portal Canada Geographic Information System China Historical Geographic Information System Geographic information system Geoinformatics...
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The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features...
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Address geocoding (redirect from Geographic coding)
early 1960s. In 1960, the first operational GIS – named the Canada Geographic Information System (CGIS) – was invented by Dr. Roger Tomlinson, who has since...
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applications in cartography, surveying, navigation and geographic information systems. In geodesy, geographic coordinate conversion is defined as translation...
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In geography and particularly in geographic information science, a geographic feature or simply feature (also called an object or entity) is a representation...
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Volunteered geographic information (VGI) is the harnessing of tools to create, assemble, and disseminate geographic data provided voluntarily by individuals...
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early adoption of the world's first geographic information system (GIS), called the Canada Geographic Information System (CGIS). Since 1995, the CLI agriculture...
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GIS Day (category Geographic information systems)
that are making a difference in society. Originally the Canada Geographic Information System developed in the 1960s by Roger Tomlinson, it is now used...
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BC Geographical Names (formerly BC Geographical Names Information System or BCGNIS) is a geographic name web service and database for the Canadian province...
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List of longest rivers of the United States (category Geographic coordinate lists)
coordinates are from the Geographic Names Information System (United States Geological Survey) or the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base except for...
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information on Canada's health systems and the health of Canadians. CIHI provides comparable and actionable data and information that are used to accelerate...
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Geospatial metadata (redirect from Geographic metadata)
(also geographic metadata) is a type of metadata applicable to geographic data and information. Such objects may be stored in a geographic information system...
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distinguish geographic feature of the area in its name. Federal Information Processing Standard GeoBase Geographic Names Information System GPS·C Canadian Geographical...
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In the context of spatial analysis, geographic information systems, and geographic information science, a field is a property that fills space, and varies...
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Geomatics (redirect from Spatial information science)
distribution, storage, analysis, processing, presentation of geographic data or geographic information". Under another definition, it consists of products, services...
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for encoding geographical information into a computer file. It is a specialized type of file format for use in geographic information systems (GIS), remote...
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Roger Tomlinson (category Geographic information scientists)
February 2014) was an English-Canadian geographer and the primary originator of modern geographic information systems (GIS), and has been acknowledged...
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Reverse 911 (category Emergency population warning systems)
safety organizations in Canada and the United States to communicate with groups of people in a defined geographic area. The system uses a database of telephone...
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The Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) "Milk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States...
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429. ISBN 978-1-317-48718-0. Canadian Geographic. Royal Canadian Geographical Society. 2008. p. 20. "Where is Canada in the World?". World Population...
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and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)) is a non-profit association of professionals using geographic information systems (GIS) and other...
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List of mountain ranges in Washington (category Geographic coordinate lists)
Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. "Beezley Hills". Geographic Names...
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Tomlinson leads development of the Canada Geographic Information System, the world's first geographic information system (GIS). Simula I, the first object-oriented...
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Vector overlay (category Geographic information systems)
Vector overlay is an operation (or class of operations) in a geographic information system (GIS) for integrating two or more vector spatial data sets....
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Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), formerly Ocean Biogeographic Information System, is a web-based access point to information about the distribution...
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"Canada: Geographic variations in health care". Geographic Variations in Health Care: What do We Know and What Can be Done to Improve Health System Performance...
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