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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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  • Business information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From...
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  • 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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    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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  • geographic location or geographic position). It is also called geospatial data and information,[citation needed] georeferenced data and information,[citation...
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  • opposed to being a geographic information system tool in and of itself. The field is also sometimes called geographical information science. British geographer...
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    A geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on the Earth as latitude...
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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 National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) is a historical GIS project to create and freely disseminate a database incorporating all...
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  • Geographic information retrieval (GIR) or geographical information retrieval systems are search tools for searching the Web, enterprise documents, and...
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    geographers, such as remote sensing, cartography, and geographic information system. Narrowing down geography to a few key concepts is extremely challenging...
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  • system integration. Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) Geographic information system software GIS Live DVD "Defining methodology for selecting most...
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  • The China Historical Geographic Information System (CHGIS) is a Historical GIS project for creating a database of populated places and historical administrative...
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  • A Land Information System (LIS) is a geographic information system for cadastral and land-use mapping, typically used by local governments. A LIS consists...
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    reference systems are now a crucial basis for the sciences and technologies of Geoinformatics, including cartography, geographic information systems, surveying...
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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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  • applications in cartography, surveying, navigation and geographic information systems. In geodesy, geographic coordinate conversion is defined as translation...
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  • A network information system (NIS) is an information system for managing networks, such as electricity network, water supply network, gas supply network...
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  • forum and oversight group for coordination efforts related to geographic information systems (GIS). AGIC identifies standards and implementation strategies...
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    GML serves as a modeling language for geographic systems as well as an open interchange format for geographic transactions on the Internet. Key to GML's...
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  • The BC Geographical Names (formerly BC Geographical Names Information System or BCGNIS) is a geographic name web service and database for the Canadian...
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    laboratory information management system (LIMS), sometimes referred to as a laboratory information system (LIS) or laboratory management system (LMS), is...
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  • The Institute of Geographical Information Systems (IGIS) was established by the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (NUST) to focus...
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  • Information retrieval (IR) in computing and information science is the task of identifying and retrieving information system resources that are relevant...
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    of geographic analysis", "geographic information and analysis", "geographic information technology", "geography methods and techniques", "geographic information...
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    distribution, storage, analysis, processing, presentation of geographic data or geographic information". Under another definition, it consists of products, services...
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    Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (commonly termed GRASS GIS) is a geographic information system (GIS) software suite used for geospatial data...
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    Modern Geography Earth system science Environmental science Environmental studies Geographic information science Geographic information system Geophysics...
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