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Preferred term

Geographic information systems  

Definition

  • Combined software and hardware systems that relate and display collected information concerning phenomena associated with location relative to the Earth; often have the ability to overlay temporal information or information related to geology, ecology, weather, land use, demographics, transportation or other data on top of existing geographic base data; the data are typically presented in the form of maps or tables, displayed in color on a computer screen or printed out [AAT]

Entry terms

  • GIS, geographic information systems

Notation

  • 120093

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-CNMZGZJF-S

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