|
Wiki.GIS.com - The GIS Encyclopedia
Wiki.GIS.com is an encyclopedia dedicated to geographic information systems (GIS).
|
|
This repository incorporates contributions from the GIS community for the benefit of GIS professionals, students, and anyone with an interest in GIS. The wiki contains informative articles about GIS concepts, new technologies, products, people, and organizations.
Anyone who has any knowledge of GIS is more than welcome to create an account and start sharing that information by creating new pages or expanding existing pages.
|
|
|
New to Wiki?
Learn how to get involved in the Wiki.GIS community.
Start here
|
|
|
Featured Content |
|
Geomatics Geomatics is the science and technology of gathering, analyzing, interpreting, distributing and using geographic (or spatially referenced) information. Geomatics encompasses a broad range of disciplines: surveying, mapping, remote sensing, GIS and GPS.[1] Geomatics is fairly new, the term was apparently coined by B. Dubuisson in 1969. It includes the tools and techniques used in land surveying, remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, COMPASS), photogrammetry, and related forms of earth mapping. Originally used in Canada, because the term is similar in French and English, geomatics has been adopted by the International Organization for Standardization, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and many other international authorities, although some (especially in the United States) have shown a preference for the term technology. A good definition can be found on the University of Calgary's web page titled ""What is Geomatic ... more
|
|
Exclusive Content
System Design Strategies
|
|
System Design Strategies is an exclusive resource for the successful design and deployment for geographic information systems technology. This documentation is provided to share system architecture design methodology and the fundamental principles that contribute to system performance and scalability.
|
|
|
|
|
