Geographic Information System

Geographic Information System
a computer system based on geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) linked to various data such as temperature, habitat type, depth, catches, etc. used in zoogeographical analyses. Abbreviated as GIS

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  • 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

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