A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic...

A historical geographic information system (also written as historical GIS or HGIS) is a geographic information system that may display, store and analyze...

support the use of a geographic information system, providing the ability to create, store, manage, query, analyze, and visualize geographic data, that is,...

An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical...

The Canada Geographic Information System (CGIS) was an early geographic information system (GIS) developed for the Government of Canada beginning in the...

geographic location or geographic position). It is also called geospatial data and information,[citation needed] georeferenced data and information,[citation...

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features...

A geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude...

opposed to being a geographic information system tool in and of itself. The field is also sometimes called geographical information science. British geographer...

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...

geographers, such as remote sensing, cartography, and geographic information system. Narrowing down geography to a few key concepts is extremely challenging...

system integration. Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) Geographic information system software GIS Live DVD "Defining methodology for selecting most...

The China Historical Geographic Information System (CHGIS) is a Historical GIS project for creating a database of populated places and historical administrative...

Volunteered geographic information (VGI) is the harnessing of tools to create, assemble, and disseminate geographic data provided voluntarily by individuals...

reference systems are now a crucial basis for the sciences and technologies of Geoinformatics, including cartography, geographic information systems, surveying...

applications in cartography, surveying, navigation and geographic information systems. In geodesy, geographic coordinate conversion is defined as translation...

The Institute of Geographical Information Systems (IGIS) was established by the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (NUST) to focus...

The BC Geographical Names (formerly BC Geographical Names Information System or BCGNIS) is a geographic name web service and database for the Canadian...

Modern Geography Earth system science Environmental science Environmental studies Geographic information science Geographic information system Geophysics...

laboratory information management system (LIMS), sometimes referred to as a laboratory information system (LIS) or laboratory management system (LMS), is...

Information retrieval (IR) in computing and information science is the task of identifying and retrieving information system resources that are relevant...

Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (commonly termed GRASS GIS) is a geographic information system (GIS) software suite used for geospatial data...

A network information system (NIS) is an information system for managing networks, such as electricity network, water supply network, gas supply network...

System information modelling (SIM) is the process of modelling complex connected systems. System information models are digital representations of connected...

A hospital information system (HIS) is an element of health informatics that focuses mainly on the administrational needs of hospitals. In many implementations...

A Land Information System (LIS) is a geographic information system for cadastral and land-use mapping, typically used by local governments. A LIS consists...

of geography and geographic information science, is a discrete phenomenon that exists at a location in the space and scale of relevance to geography; that...

(also geographic metadata) is a type of metadata applicable to geographic data and information. Such objects may be stored in a geographic information system...