is a list of GIS data sources (including some geoportals) that provide information sets that can be used in geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial...
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sharing of maps and spatial data. Web GIS is a subset of Internet GIS, which is itself a subset of distributed GIS. The most common application of Web GIS is...
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geographic data, that is, data representing phenomena for which location is important. The GIS software industry encompasses a broad range of commercial...
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Geographic information system (redirect from GIS data mining)
system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic data. Much of this...
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Internet GIS is broad set of technologies and applications that employ the Internet to access, analyze, visualize, and distribute spatial data via geographic...
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geographic data model, geospatial geographical measurements, or simply data from modules in the context of geographic information systems (GIS), is a mathematical...
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Internet GIS List of GIS data sources List of GIS software Map database management Participatory GIS QGIS SAGA GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Technical...
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The first GIS installations of the 1960s, such as the Canada Geographic Information System were based on bespoke software and stored data in bespoke...
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ArcGIS is a family of client, server and online geographic information system (GIS) software developed and maintained by Esri. ArcGIS was first released...
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Geoportal (category Geographic data and information)
ocean space. Georeference List of GIS data sources National Mapping Agency#List of national mapping agencies Spatial Data Infrastructure Bosso, Luciano;...
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Esri (category GIS companies)
information system (GIS) software company headquartered in Redlands, California. It is best known for its ArcGIS products. With 45% market share as of 2015, Esri...
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between GIS application and sources; for manipulating, defining and analyzing geospatial data. GDAL/OGR – Library between GIS application and sources; for...
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spatial data GIS in archaeology GIS and aquatic science GIS in geospatial intelligence GIS and public health List of GIS data sources List of GIS software...
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Web mapping (section Web GIS in the cloud)
process of using, creating, and distributing maps on the World Wide Web (the Web), usually through the use of Web geographic information systems (Web GIS)....
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Shapefile (category GIS vector file formats)
vector data format for geographic information system (GIS) software. It is developed and regulated by Esri as a mostly open specification for data interoperability...
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centrally, but by the data originator and/or owner, and that tools and services connect via computer networks to the various sources. A GIS is often the platform...
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Spatial database (redirect from GIS database)
geographic data (or geodata, i.e., data associated with a location on Earth), especially in geographic information systems (GIS). Almost all current relational...
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OpenHistoricalMap, an open source map of history. List of GIS data sources Territorial evolution of the United States "About the Project". Atlas of Historical County...
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This is a list of free and open-source software (FOSS) packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software...
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GIS Live DVD is a type of the thematic Live CD containing GIS/RS applications and related tutorials, and sample data sets. The general sense of a GIS...
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The estimates (...) were calculated using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and an underlying database consistent for the entire world. The methodology...
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GeoNetwork opensource (category Free GIS software)
data, while GeoNetwork catalogs collections of such data. Free and open-source software portal Comparison of GIS software List of GIS software List of...
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Data fusion is the process of integrating multiple data sources to produce more consistent, accurate, and useful information than that provided by any...
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of the website A Vision of Britain through Time. NB: A "GIS" is a geographic information system, which combines map information with statistical data...
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Manifold System (category GIS companies)
system (GIS) software package developed by Manifold Software Limited that runs on Microsoft Windows. Manifold System handles both vector and raster data, includes...
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Open Geospatial Consortium (redirect from OpenGIS)
content and location-based services, sensor web, Internet of Things, GIS data processing and data sharing. The OGC was incorporated as a not for profit in...
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Technical geography (redirect from History of technical geography)
characterizing technical geography. Along with computers and GIS, new spatial data sources emerged during the quantitative revolution. Air photo technology...
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Historical geographic information system (redirect from Historical GIS)
(also written as historical GIS or HGIS) is a geographic information system that may display, store and analyze data of past geographies and track changes...
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Global Mapper (category GIS companies)
MapInfo GIS products. Global Mapper handles both vector, raster, and elevation data, and provides viewing, conversion, and other general GIS features...
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ArcMap (section Data frame)
main component of Esri's ArcGIS suite of geospatial processing programs. Used primarily to view, edit, create, and analyze geospatial data. ArcMap allows...
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