Geographic Information System
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Geographic information system — GIS redirects here. For other uses, see GIS (disambiguation). A geographic information system, geographical information science, or geospatial information studies is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present… … Wikipedia
geographic information system — noun An electronic system used to store, process and display geographic information, especially maps … Wiktionary
geographic information system — (GIS) A data management system that organizes and displays digital map data from remote sensing and aids in the analysis of relationships between mapped features … Dictionary of microbiology
Historical geographic information system — A historical geographic information system (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 in time. It can be regarded as a subfield of… … Wikipedia
National Historical Geographic Information System — The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) is a historical GIS project to create and freely disseminate a database incorporating all available aggregate census information for the United States between 1790 and 2000. The… … Wikipedia
Canada Geographic Information System — The Canada Geographic Information System (CGIS) was developed in the 1950s and 1960s to assist in regulatory procedures of land use management and resource monitoring. At that time, Canada was beginning to realize problems associated with its… … Wikipedia
ROUTE 66 Geographic Information System B.V. — ROUTE 66 Geographic Information Systems Unternehmensform niederländische Kapitalgesellschaft Gründung 1992 Unternehmenssitz Amsterdam, Niederlande … Deutsch Wikipedia
Route 66 Geographic Information System — ROUTE 66 Geographic Information Systems Unternehmensform niederländische Kapitalgesellschaft Gründung 1992 Unternehmenssitz Amsterdam, Niederlande … Deutsch Wikipedia
China Historical Geographic Information System — The China Historical Geographic Information System (CHGIS) is a Historical GIS project for creating a database of populated places and historical administrative units for the period of Chinese history between 222 BCE and 1911 CE. The project… … Wikipedia
geographic information system (GIS) — Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to… … Universalium
