. External links http geonames.usgs.gov U.S. Board on Geographic Names website http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic Geographic Names InformationSystem GNIS http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic f?p ... Category Geocodes ar de Geographic Names InformationSystem es Geographic Names InformationSystem fr Geographic Names InformationSystem id Geographic Names InformationSystem it Geographic Names InformationSystem ro Geographic Names InformationSystem ru simple Geographic Names InformationSystem ...File USGS logo green.svg thumb The logo of the United States Geological Survey File Board on Geographic Names logo.PNG thumb The seal of the United States Board on Geographic Names The Geographic Names InformationSystem GNIS is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States United States of America and its territories. It is a type of gazetteer . GNIS was developed by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names BGN to promote the standardization of feature names. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recorded. The database never removes an entry, except in cases of obvious duplication . ref cite conference first last Cartographic Users Advisory Council CUAC title 2007 Agency Presentation Minutes publisher ... Places which are a subset of locations in the National Geographic Names Database. U.S. Postal Service ..., http www.itl.nist.gov fipspubs Federal Information Processing Standards , FIPS 10 4. Standard was withdrawn ..., and Procedures Domestic Geographic Names , http geonames.usgs.gov U.S. Board on Geographic Names ... more details
The Canada GeographicInformationSystem CGIS was developed in the 1960s and 1970s to assist in regulatory procedures of land management land use management and resource monitoring. At that time, Canada was beginning to realize problems associated with its seemingly endless boundaries, in combination with natural resource availability. The government therefore decided to launch a national program to assist in management and inventory of its resources. The simple automated computer processes designed to store and process large amounts of data enabled Canada to begin a national land use management program and become a foremost promoter of geographicinformationsystem s GIS . CGIS was designed to withstand great amounts of collected data by managing, modeling, and analyzing this data very quickly and accurately. As Canada presented such large dataset s, it was necessary to be able to focus on certain regions or Canadian provinces provinces in order to more effectively manage and maintain land use. CGIS enabled its users to effectively collect national data and, if necessary, break it down into provincial datasets. Early applications of GIS with Canadian datasets benefited land use management and Environmental degradation environmental impact monitoring programs. Development In 1960, Roger Tomlinson was working at an aerial survey company in Ottawa , Spartan Air Services. The company ... geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca GeoGratis . See also GeographicInformationSystem External links http www.igs.net ... inventory and management programs, such as CLI. He is also given credit for coining the term geographicinformationsystem and is recognized as the Modern Father of GIS. CGIS continued to be developed ... in Canada Category Geographicinformation systems fr Syst me canadien d information g ographique ... to bridge the previous gap between geographic data and computer services. Tomlinson brought his geographic knowledge to the table as IBM brought computer programming and data management. The Canadian ... more details
A historical geographicinformationsystem also written as historical GIS or HGIS is a geographicinformationsystem that may display, store and analyze data of past geographies and track changes in time. It can be regarded as a subfield of historical geography and geographicinformation science . GIS was originally developed for use in environmental science s, military and for computer assisted cartography . The tools developed for these uses are ill suited for the features of historical data. Theoretical issues in HGIS While most data made available to GIS systems are relatively precise and collected by using technology like Remote sensing or Techniques used in HGIS Digitization and georeferencing of historical maps. Old maps may contain valuable information about the past. By adding coordinates to such maps, they may be added as a feature layer to modern GIS data. This facilitates comparison of different map layers showing the geography at different times. The maps may be further enhanced by techniques such as rubbersheeting , which spatially warps the data to fit with more accurate modern maps. Reconstruction of past boundaries. By creating polygon s of former administrative sub ... Historical GeographicInformationSystem NHGIS system for displaying and analyzing Census tracts and tract changes in the United States. HistoAtlas is an open historical geographical informationsystem that tries to build a free historical atlas of the world. Atlas Historical Cartography This website provides information on the evolution of administrative boundaries of Portugal, and on censuses ... GeographicInformation Systems Online Forum on Google http hgis.kul.lublin.pl Geohistory Historical ... memorias atlas.php?lang en Atlas Historical Cartography in English Category Geographicinformation systems Category Historical geographicinformation systems ... Project in London, Ontario, Canada http www.his gis.net Gateway for Historical Geographical Information ... more details
The China Historical GeographicInformationSystem CHGIS is a Historical GIS project for creating a database of populated places and historical administrative units for the period of History of China Chinese history between 222 BCE and 1911 CE. The project creates a dataset which track changes in placenames, administrative status, and geography. See also GeographicInformation Systems in China Links http www.fas.harvard.edu chgis Project homepage References to CHGIS http scholar.google.com scholar?num 100&lr &newwindow 1&q china chgis in Google Scholar http groups.google.com group hgis Historical GeographicInformation Systems Online Forum on Google Category Historical geographicinformation systems Category Geography of the People s Republic of China Category History of China China hist stub database stub ... more details
The National Historical GeographicInformationSystem NHGIS is a historical GIS project to create and freely disseminate a database incorporating all available aggregate United States Census census information for the United States between United States Census, 1790 1790 and United States Census, 2000 2000 . The project has created one of the largest collections in the world of statistical census information, much of which was not previously available to the research community because of legacy data formats and differences between metadata formats. In addition, NHGIS has created cartographic boundary files compatible with every census, and over 50 million lines of metadata describing the collection. The statistical and geographic data are disseminated free of charge through a sophisticated online data access system. ref Catherine Fitch and Steven Ruggles , http www.hist.umn.edu ruggles nhgis.pdf Building the National Historical GeographicInformationSystem . Historical Methods 46 2003 41 51 ref NHGIS was launched in 2007 and is maintained by the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota and is funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health . References references See also Great Britain Historical GIS IPUMS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series IPUMS External links http www.nhgis.org Project homepage Citations of the project http scholar.google.com scholar?num 100&q NHGIS in Google Scholar http groups.google.com group hgis Historical GeographicInformation Systems Online Forum on Google Category Historical geographicinformation systems Category Demographics of the United States Category Geographicinformation systems US hist stub ... more details
Proceedings of the HLT NAACL Symposium hosted by MetaCarta See also GeographicinformationsystemInformation retrieval Toponymy Category Geographicinformation systems ...GeographicInformation Retrieval GIR or Geographical Information Retrieval is the augmentation of Information Retrieval with geographic Metadata computing metadata . Information Retrieval generally views documents as a collection or bag of words. In contrast GeographicInformation Retrieval requires a small amount of semantic data to be present namely a location or geographic feature associated with a document . Because of this it is common in GIR to separate the text indexing and analysis from the geographic indexing. GIR Systems can commonly be broken down into the following stages GeoTagging , Text and Geographic indexing, Data storage, Geographic relevance ranking wrt a geographic query and Browsing results commonly with a map interface . GIR Systems GIR involves extracting and resolving the meaning of locations in unstructured text. This is known as Geoparsing . A few tools offer this kind of capabilities, including http www.digitalreasoning.com GeoLocator and MetaCarta s http www.metacarta.com solutions products geotagger.html GeoTagger . After identifying location references in text, a GIR system must index this information for search and retrieval. Only a few such systems exist Google Maps , http www.tumba.pt Tumba , MetaCarta s http www.metacarta.com solutions products geographic text search.html Geographic Text Search GTS system , and the EU funded SPIRIT Spatially Aware Information Retrieval on the Internet project. Evaluation In 2005 the Cross Language Evaluation Forum added a geographic track GeoCLEF . GeoCLEF was the first Text Retrieval Conference TREC style evaluation ... Kornai describes issues involved in Evaluating geographicinformation retrieval http www.metacarta.com ... and 2006 at SIGIR and as a standalone workshop in 2010. In 2003 a workshop on geographic references ... more details
A.S. author2 link A.S. Fotheringham title The Handbook of GeographicInformation Science year 2007 publisher ... bok The GIS&T Body of Knowledge http www.ucgis.org The University Consortium for GeographicInformation Science DEFAULTSORT GeographicInformation Science Category Geography Category Geographicinformation systems Category Cartography ar de Geoinformatik ta ... Geographical information science journal http en.giswiki.org wiki IJGIS International Journal of Geographical Information Systems volume 6 issue 1 year 1992 pages 31 45 Citation last1 Longley first1 Paul ... Maguire first3 David W. author3 link David Maguire last4 Rhind author4 link David Rhind title GeographicInformation Systems and Science edition 2nd year 2005 isbn 047087001X publisher Wiley location ... more details
Spatial Data Infrastructure Project, uses the WGS84 standard. Geographic Names InformationSystem China in the early 1980s began studies for the establishment of its Geographic Names InformationSystem , Geographic Names InformationSystem Research Laboratory and the establishment of the National ... experts and scholars attended the forum. Sessions involved China s geographicinformationsystem ... of the China Association for GeographicInformationSystem. SuperMap is the second largest vendor ... eng index.htm State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental InformationSystem LREIS in 1987. Institutions Major institutions include http ngcc.sbsm.gov.cn National GeographicInformationSystem http nfgis.nsdi.gov.cn National Fundamental GeographicInformationSystem ... See also zh Chinese Wikipedia on GIS China Historical GeographicInformationSystem National Historical GeographicInformationSystemGeographicinformationsystem Canada GeographicInformationSystem Historical geographicinformationsystemInformation science Geoinformatics References Jiang ...Geographicinformation systems GIS are becoming an increasingly important component of business, healthcare ... InformationSystem http www.cagis.org.cn , Peking University and other institutes jointly ... and Environmental InformationSystem LREIS http www.westgis.ac.cn Laboratory of Remote Sensing ... 20JINGTONG.pdf China Profile Of The International Standard GeographicInformation Metadata. Presented ... InformationSystem in China in China s Land Survey, Evaluation and Administration http english.cas.ac.cn english news detailnewsb.asp?InfoNo 27486 Leader of geographical informationsystem studies in China http cat.inist.fr ?aModele afficheN&cpsidt 13625284 Development of geographicinformation ... information systems Category Geography of the People s Republic of China Category Geographicinformation systems organizations Category Historical geographicinformation systems ... more details
Mergeto Collaborative mapping date October 2008 Volunteered GeographicInformation VGI is the harnessing of tools to create, assemble, and disseminate geographic data provided voluntarily by individuals Goodchild, 2007 . ref cite journal doi 10.1007 s10708 007 9111 y last1 Goodchild first1 M.F. year 2007 title Citizens as sensors the world of volunteered geography url journal GeoJournal volume 69 issue 4 pages 211 221 ref Some examples of this phenomenon are Wikimapia , OpenStreetMap , and Google MyMaps . VGI can also be seen as an extension of critical and participatory approaches to geographicinformation systems ref cite journal doi 10.1007 s10708 008 9186 0 last1 Elwood first1 S. year 2008 title Volunteered GeographicInformation Future Research Directions Motivated by Critical, Participatory, and Feminist GIS url journal GeoJournal volume 72 issue 3&4 pages 173 183 ref and as a specific concern within online or web credibility . ref cite journal doi 10.1007 s10708 008 9188 y last1 Flanagin first1 A. J. last2 Metzger first2 M. J. year 2008 title The credibility of volunteered geographicinformation url journal GeoJournal volume 72 issue pages 137 148 ref These sites provide general base map information and allow users to create their own content by marking locations where various events occurred or certain features exist, but aren t already shown on the base map. VGI is a special case of the larger Web phenomenon known as user generated content . ref cite journal last1 Graham first1 M. year 2010 title Neogeography and the Palimpsests of Place url journal Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie volume 101 issue 4 pages 422 436 ref See also Please keep this list alphabetized. Thanks GeographicinformationsystemGeographicInformation Systems GIS Neogeography P3DM Participatory 3D Modelling P3DM Participatory GIS Public participation PPGIS Public Participation GIS PPGIS Traditional knowledge GIS References references Category Cartography Category Collaborative ... more details
br Northern Arizona GeographicInformation Forum br Pima Association of Governments br Yuma Regional GeographicInformationSystem Additionally, one representative from a private sector organization ...The Arizona GeographicInformation Council AGIC was established by executive order as Arizona s primary forum and oversight group for coordination efforts related to geographicinformation systems GIS . AGIC identifies standards and implementation strategies to provide a framework for optimizing Arizona s investment in GIS. Through cooperation and partnerships, AGIC facilitates the acquisition, exchange and management of geospatial data and technology to benefit State agencies and the Arizona GIS community. AGIC meets on a regular basis and conducts an Annual GIS Conference to address statewide GIS issues, requirements and solutions. ref name About AGIC cite web url http agic.az.gov about title About AGIC author AGIC publisher State of Arizona accessdate 2007 11 08 ref Organization AGIC is composed of an Executive Management Board and standing technical committees to advise the Board on technical issues and to assist the Board in the implementation of AGIC programs. Member organizations are br Arizona Department of Administration br Arizona Department of Commerce br Arizona Department of Economic Security br Arizona Department of Education br Arizona Department of Environmental Quality br Arizona Department of Health Services br Arizona Department of Public Safety br Arizona Department of Revenue br Arizona Department of Transportation br Arizona Department of Water Resources br Arizona Game and Fish Department br Arizona Geological Survey br Arizona State Cartographer s Office br Arizona State Land Department br Arizona State Parks br Arizona State University br Northern Arizona ... ref External links http agic.az.gov Arizona GeographicInformation Council http sco.az.gov Arizona State Cartographer s Office References reflist Category Geographicinformation systems organizations ... more details
The umbrella term GIS software refers to a geographicinformationsystem application, which is software used to create, manage, analyze and display geospatial data on digital map s. ref name sstgis http www.geo.unizh.ch publications sstein gissoftware steiniger2008.pdf GIS Software A description in 1000 words , S. Steiniger and R. Weibel ref GIS software is an increasingly specialized industry, with applications often specifically designed to meet the needs of certain industries. ref name GiP http www.gfk geomarketing.com fileadmin gfkgeomarketing en company geomarketing in practice.pdf Geomarketing in Practice , GfK GeoMarketing ref GIS software categories Often it is distinguished between the following types of GIS software ref name sstgis Desktop GIS are used to create, edit, manage, analyse and display geographic data. They are sometimes classified into three functionality categories GIS Viewer , GIS Editor and GIS Analyst . Spatial database management systems Spatial DBMS are used to store the data, but often also provide analysis and data manipulation functionality. WebMap Servers are used to distribute maps over the Internet see also for the Open Geospatial Consortium standards WFS and WMS . Server GIS provide basically the same functionality as desktop GIS but allow to access this functionality via networks so called geoprocessing . WebGIS Clients are used for data display and to access analysis and query functionality from Server GIS over the internet or intranet. Usually ... display of geographic data e.g. PROJ4 . Mobile GIS are used for data collection in the field. Tasks ... resulting in a selection from the dataset analysing resulting in a new dataset, with new information ... software References This article uses the Cite.php citation mechanism. If you would like more information ... reflist Further reading Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M.F., Maguire, D.J., and D.W. Rhind, GeographicInformation Systems and Science. 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2005. Sherman, G.E. Desktop GIS mapping ... more details
broad sense, the term informationsystem is frequently used to refer to the interaction between .... An informationsystem is a work system whose activities are devoted to processing capturing ... Part of the difficulty in defining the term informationsystem is due to vagueness in the definition of related terms such as system and information . Following the pioneering work of Ronald Stamper ... system as an example of a system concerned with the manipulation of signs . An informationsystem is a type of socio technical system. An informationsystem is a mediating construct between ... of social memory. An informationsystem can also be considered a semi formal language which supports ... Management InformationSystem MIS . Decision Support System DSS . Executive InformationSystem EIS . References Reflist commonscat Information systems DEFAULTSORT InformationSystem Category Information ...distinguish information systems discipline Image CS Venn Diagram.pdf thumb CS, SE, IS, IT, & Customer Venn Diagram where functionality spans left and design spans right stemming from discovery. An informationsystem IS or application landscape ref cite web url http wwwmatthes.in.tum.de wikis system cartography ... Software Engineering for Business Information Systems sebis accessdate January 14, 2011 ref is any combination of information technology and people s activities using that technology to support operations ... to the information and communication technology ICT an organization uses, but also to the way in which ... information systems,and computer systems ICT, and business processes. Information systems are distinct from information technology in that an informationsystem is typically seen as having an ICT component. Information systems are also different from business processes. Information systems help to control the performance of business processes. ref O Brien, J A. 2003 . Introduction to information systems essentials for the e business enterprise. McGraw Hill, Boston, MA ref Alter argues for an information ... more details
, 3.12MB A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth ... projected in latitude longitude is often represented as a Geographic Coordinate System . For example ... Portal Atlas Automotive navigation system Digital Earth Reference Model DERM Geographic coordinate ... 2010 DEFAULTSORT Geographic Coordinate System Category Geographic coordinate systems Category Cartography ... geogr fiques ceb Koordenadang heograpiko cs Zem pisn sou adnice cy Geographic coordinate system ... si Geographic coordinate system simple Geographic coordinate system sk Geografick s radnicov syst m ... D00659 accessed 14.4.2008 ref Geographic latitude and longitude Main Latitude Longitude File Geographic ... The geographic latitude abbreviation Lat., , or phi of a point on the Earth s surface is the angle ... fundamental plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern ... projected surface to locate positions on the surface of the Earth. The UTM system is not a single map projection but a series of map projections, one for each of sixty zones. The UPS system is used for the polar regions, which are not covered by the UTM system. Stereographic coordinate system During medieval times, the stereographic coordinate system was used for navigation purposes. Citation needed date December 2007 The stereographic coordinate system was superseded by the latitude longitude system. Although no longer used in navigations, the stereographic coordinate system is still ... the most appropriate mapping of the spherical coordinate system onto that ellipsoid. In the United Kingdom there are three common latitude, longitude, height systems in use. The system used by GPS, World Geodetic System WGS84 , differs at Greenwich from the one used on published maps OSGB36 by approximately 112m. The military system ED50 , used by NATO , differs by about 120m to 180m ... cm a year, or nowrap 10 m in a century. A weather system high pressure area can cause a sinking of nowrap ... more details
The Association of GeographicInformation Laboratories for Europe AGILE was established to promote academic teaching and research on GeographicInformationSystem s at the European level. Image Agile big logo.jpg right The AGILE logo. AGILE history and organization AGILE was established in early 1998 to ensure the continuation of the networking activities that have emerged as a result of the EGIS Conferences and the European Science Foundation GISDATA Scientific Programmes. AGILE seeks to ensure that the views of the geographicinformation teaching and research community are fully represented in the discussions that take place on future European research agendas. AGILE also provides a permanent scientific forum where geographicinformation researchers can meet and exchange ideas and experiences at the European level. Activities of AGILE are managed by an eight person council elected by its members. Its main tasks are to develop an organisational structure to realise the goals of AGILE, to further develop with the help of the members a European research agenda, to instigate and stimulate initiatives, and to organise a yearly GI conference. Mission The title of the organisation conveys the following it is an Association consisting of geographicinformation laboratories in Europe. The idea ... geographicinformation laboratories needs some clarification. The term laboratories emphasises that this is an association of groups rather than individuals. It also reflects the fact that geographicinformation teaching and or research tends to be a group activity in most institutions. The mission ... to influence the future European geographicinformation research agenda. to facilitate networking activities between geographicinformation laboratories at the European level. This will be reflected ... on key research issues and European geographicinformation research conferences. References ... site Category Geographicinformation systems organizations ... more details
Citations missing date July 2010 Digital GeographicInformation Working Group DGIWG has been renamed to Defence Geospatial Information Working Group . The acronym DGIWG pronaunced Dee Gee Wig remained unchanged. Defence Geospatial Information Working Group DGIWG is an organization of member nations working for interoperability standards for geographic data exchange between various military systems and Geographicinformationsystem in general. The organization has a number of member nations mostly within NATO . The Digital Geographic Exchange Standard DIGEST standard is a product of DGIWG. This standard is related to a number of other international standards and form a model for exchange of GeographicInformation. After the revision 2.1 of DIGEST, released in September 2000, the DGIWG has discontinued work on the standard and are currently focusing of incorporating its standards as profiles in ISO TC 211 . ref https www.dgiwg.org dgiwg htm about DGIWG background.htm DGIWG Bot generated title ref DGIWG was formerly known as Digital GeographicInformation Working Group, but changed it s name at the DGIWG conference in 2008. References references External links http www.dgiwg.org dgiwg DGIWG website http www.dgiwg.org dgiwg htm documents historical documents.htm DIGEST standard http www.isotc211.org ISO TC 211 website http www.isotc211.org Outreach Overview Overview.htm Overviews of ISO 19100 series Category Geographicinformation systems org stub Cartography stub technology stub ... more details
A Master of Science in GeographicInformation Science and Systems , or Master of Science in GeographicInformation Science , or Master of Science in GeographicInformation Systems Lang la Magister Scienti abbreviated M.Sc. GIS , MSc GIS . , MSc GIS is a postgraduate academic master s degree awarded by universities in a large number of countries. The degree is typically studied for two years full time ref http www.uni salzburg.at portal page? pageid 2027,848100& dad portal& schema PORTAL ref or three to five years part time ref http www.mmu.ac.uk study postgraduate taught 8961 ref . Job Outlook This postgraduate degree prepares students to work as GIS analysts, applied researchers and consultants providing expertise in this area of computer mapping analysis, spatial databases managemend and development, software application development, geomarketing and project management. GIS technologies are widely utilized in the U.S. and abroad and there is a high demand for these skills ref http catalog.emich.edu preview program.php?catoid 5&poid 3417&returnto 304 ref . Universities offering MSc GIS http www.geog.leeds.ac.uk odl msc distance learning.htm University of Leeds UK http www.ed.ac.uk schools departments geosciences postgraduate masters programme taught masters gis The University of Edinburgh UK http www.uni salzburg.at portal page? pageid 2027,848100& dad portal& schema PORTAL University of Salzburg Austria AT http www.kingston.ac.uk postgraduate course geographical information systems msc Kingston University London UK http www.le.ac.uk gg postgraduate msc pgdip gis.html University of Leicester UK http www.bbk.ac.uk gisc Brikberck University of London UK http www.soi.city.ac.uk ... The University of Arizona United States US See also Geoinformatics GIS GeographicinformationsystemGeographicinformation science UNIGIS Master of Science References Reflist Category Master s degrees GeographicInformation Science and Systems ... more details
those professionals who work in the field of geographicinformation systems with a formal process ... A GISP is a certified geographicinformation systems GIS Professional who has met the minimum standards ... of GISCI. The Association of American Geographers AAG The National States GeographicInformation Council NSGIC The University Consortium for GeographicInformation Science UCGIS The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association URISA The Geospatial Information & Technology Association GITA Code ... GITA http www.urisa.org URISA Category Computer related organizations Category Information technology qualifications Category Geographicinformation systems ... Director for Urban and Regional Information Systems Association URISA and served as the interim ... more details
, GeoNetwork opensource , and Esri Esri s ArcGIS . Background GeographicInformation Systems GIS main GeographicInformation Systems A GIS is a system that incorporates software, hardware, and data for collecting, managing, analyzing, and portraying geographically referenced information. It allows the user ... , ArcNews Spring 2008 Issue , Esri , Retrieved on 2011 01 08 ref See also GeographicinformationsystemGeographicInformation Systems Geospatial intelligence Geospatial Intelligence National security ...GeographicInformation Systems GeographicInformation Systems GIS new and constantly evolving role in geospatial ... problems from anywhere in the world. There are many List of geographicinformation systems software ... electronic scanners, or uploading Global Positioning System GPS coordinates. ref http egsc.usgs.gov isb pubs gis poster top GeographicInformation Systems GIS Poster , Last modified on 2007 02 22, USGS ... , and competitive intelligence ref http www.ccdmd.qc.ca en gis before.html GeographicInformationSystem GIS , Retrieved on 2011 01 16 ref Geospatial Intelligence GEOINT main Geospatial Intelligence ... community in manipulating and interpreting spatial knowledge in an informationsystem. GIS extracts real world geographic or other information into datasets, maps, metadata , data models, and workflow ... GEOINT throughout an organization s informationsystem. ref http www.esri.com industries defense ..., topographic map s, geologic maps , and satellite imagery. A user can also convert digital information ... externally, designed to reduce the level of uncertainty for a decisionmaker, and that uses information ... States Intelligence Community U.S. Intelligence Community IC , defines GEOINT as information about .... 82. Washington, D.C. CQ Press, 2009. ref Some of the sources of collected imagery information for GEOINT ... geographically referenced information, physical features, and other geospatial data. ref http ... information. In national security intelligence and defense organizations, geoprocessing notifies ... more details
nofootnotes date January 2011 The GeographicInformation Science and Technology Body of Knowledge GISTBoK is a reference document produced by the University Consortium for GeographicInformation Science UCGIS as the first product of its Model Curricula project, started in 1997 by Duane Marble and a select task force, and completed in 2006 by David DiBiase and a team of editors. The GISTBoK is the most successful effort to date to create a comprehensive outline of the concepts and skills unique to the geospatial realm, including geographicinformation systems , geographicinformation science , remote sensing , satellite navigation systems , and cartography . That said, it is missing some topics, such as geocoding , and has significant granularity issues large, mature subfields such as surveying , GPS , and remote sensing are covered in small sections, while the relatively immature field of geocomputation is granted an entire knowledge area. There is also opposition to the document as a whole, especially from the critical GIS community, on the grounds that the discipline is too diverse and too subjective to be so easily encapsulated. The editors have acknowledged these shortcomings, and have expressed hope that wider input on future editions will solve some of these issues. The GISTBoK is intended to be used in a variety of applications, including curriculum design, educational assessment, educational program accreditation, professional certification, hiring practices, and project RFP s. All of these activities are elements of the current trend toward regulation and standardization of the geospatial professions, and much of the opposition to the Body of Knowledge comes from those opposed to this trend, especially in academia, who feel that GIS&T is too diverse, interdisciplinary, and subjective to be regulated. One counterargument to this opposition is that the body of knowledge ..., A., Kemp, K., Luck, A.T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E.,2006, GeographicInformation Science & Technology ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Multi Agency GeographicInformation for the Countryside MAGIC is a governmental website in the United Kingdom which allows for quick and easy access to previously hard to find information, in map form. Launched in 2002, the site originally only had information for rural areas in England , but these information sources have grown to include information on a wide range of landscape and environmental designations in England , Wales and Scotland , and cover urban areas and the marine shelf. Six United Kingdom and English rural and environmental agencies are involved in its upkeep, as well as a number of uniquely Scottish and Welsh ones. Clarifyme date February 2009 I m sure this last sentence could be constructed better One of the aims to is to streamline information collection and dissemination, so reducing cost to the state. See also Geographical Information Systems Town and country planning in the United Kingdom External links http www.magic.gov.uk projectsummary.htm MAGIC project summary Category United Kingdom planning policy Category Impact assessment Category Town and country planning in the United Kingdom Category Environment of the United Kingdom UK planning stub ... more details
and Water InformationSystem integrates image, vector and thematic data. uDig gvSIG &ndash Open source .... See also Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGeo Comparison of geographicinformation systems software ... Corps of Engineers , open source a complete GIS SAGA GIS &ndash System for Automated Geoscientific ... Source GIS, an incredible fast C 3D GIS Framework with a multiple plugin architecture for geographic graphical analysis and visualization. FalconView &ndash FalconView is a mapping system created ... for accessing geographic data layers of all kinds, originally developed and sponsored by MetaCarta ... System &ndash GIS software package. MicroImages &ndash Products include TNTmips GIS and Remote ... within the next few months Oracle Spatial &ndash Product allows users to perform complex geographic ... more details
refimprove date September 2008 Image Nsgic logo.jpg frame NSGIC Logo The National States GeographicInformation Council , known as NSGIC, is an organization in the United States of America of the states, the District of Columbia, and the territories that works to improve the use and sharing of geospatial data and GIS tools. ref http pubs.usgs.gov of 2000 of00 325 lambert.html ref The purpose of the organization is to encourage effective and efficient government through the coordinated development of geographicinformation and technologies to ensure that information may be integrated at all levels of government. ref http www.directionsmag.com article.php?article id 517 ref Membership NSGIC members include state GIS coordinators and senior state GIS managers, representatives of federal agencies, local and county governments, the private sector, the academic sector, and other professional organizations. Among the NSGIC membership are experts, recognized nationally and internationally, in GIS, in IT policy, and in data creation and data management. Goals NSGIC works to foster the creation of intelligent maps and databases that enable public and private decision makers to make better informed and timelier decisions in a wide array of governmental areas. ref http www.nsgic.org about index.cfm NSGIC web site about ref Among the major focus areas of NSGIC are Support for OMB Circular A 16 NSDI The National Spatial Data Infrastructure NSDI . Establishing well planned, comprehensive, nation scale For the Nation data initiatives such as http www.nsgic.org hottopics imageryforthenation.cfm Imagery for the Nation and Transportation for the Nation. Creating standards and a national approach to http www.nsgic.org hottopics Addresses FTN 081808 FINAL.pdf address location data . Bringing all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and the territories up to http www.nsgic.org hottopics fifty states.cfm a common standard of GIS coordination . Meetings and Communication NSGIC members gather ... more details
External links date July 2010 This is a comparison of notable geographicinformationsystem GIS software. To be included on this list, the software must either have a linked existing article or include references to independent sources verifying notability. License, source, & operating system support class sortable wikitable style font size 85 text align center width auto style width 12em GIS software Freeware Free Open source Microsoft Windows Windows Mac OS X Linux Berkeley Software Distribution BSD Unix Web Other rh Elshayal Smart ref cite web author Mohamed Elshayal url http www.smartwebonline.com title Elshayal Smart Web On Line Software The First Arabian GIS software publisher Smartwebonline.com date accessdate 2010 07 05 ref Map Maker ref http www.cadmagazine.com downloads download.php?id 143 Dead link date July 2010 ref no yes no no no no no no rh ACCUGLOBE ref cite web url http www.accuglobe.net title Overview publisher Accuglobe.net date accessdate 2010 07 05 ref Citation needed date July 2010 Viewer s ref http www.accuglobe.net Download.aspx ref no yes no no no no no no rh Autodesk ref cite web url http www.autodesk.com title 2D and 3D Design and Engineering Software for Architecture ... software comparison 2007 DEFAULTSORT Comparison Of GeographicInformation Systems Software Category ... Sun Java no no rh Manifold System no no yes no no no no yes no rh Pitney Bowes ref cite web url http ... yes no yes no yes no style background dfd Solaris operating system Solaris no no rh STAR APIC ref ... COM & Java software platform Java & .NET Framework .NET no yes no yes Solaris operating system Solaris ... as demonstration only Manifold System ASP C Yes Yes No No No No No client and server http MapLarge.com ... 6em Web Feature Service WFS style width 6em Global Positioning System GPS style width 6em Shapefile ..., weather, Facebook, namefinder. Off line. See also Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGeo List of geographicinformation systems software References Reflist colwidth 30em External links http www.spatialserver.net ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 A land informationsystem is a geographicinformationsystem for cadastre cadastral and land use land use mapping, typically used by local governments. ref Wade, T. and Sommer, S. eds. http store.esri.com esri showdetl.cfm?SID 2&Product ID 868&Category ID 49 A to Z GIS ref References reflist Category Geographicinformation systems map stub ... more details
Definition There is a variety of definitions and understandings of a Global InformationSystem GIS, GLIS , such as A global informationsystem GLIS is an informationsystem which is developed and or used in a global context. ref Pawlowski, J.M. Globale Informationssysteme Global Information Systems . In Kurbel ... and language localization of system components. Tasks in Global Information Systems Design Critical tasks in the design of Global Information Systems are Process and System Design ... informationsystem. However, mostly a GLIS is referred as a specific system developed or used in the global ... Globales Informationssystem Online Encyclopedia Business Information Systems , Oldenbourg, 2008. ref A global informationsystem GLIS is any informationsystem which attempts to deliver the totality of measurable data worldwide within a defined context. Dr. Moira Gunn The term Global InformationSystem has the same acronym, but the meaning is different from the term GeographicInformation Systems . Common to this class of information systems is that the context is a global setting, either ... aspects. A specific aspect of global information systems is the case domain of global software ... developed for multinational users, e.g., http www.sap.com SAP as a global ERP system Global Information Systems for Education http www.globe info.org The Global Learning Objects Brokered Exchange ..., http www.unhcr.org statistics.html, http www.globalhealthfacts.org etc. More information courses http users.jyu.fi japawlow Global Information Systems at the University of Jyv skyl MSIS 647 Global Information Systems course at the University of San Francisco http www.cps.usfca.edu prospective MSIS courses.html Resources on Global Information Technology at http www1.american.edu MOGIT git git.htm AIS World References reflist 2 DEFAULTSORT Global InformationSystem Category Information Systems Category Information systems ... more details
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