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    A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic...
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  • A historical geographic information system (also written as historical GIS or HGIS) is a geographic information system that may display, store and analyze...
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    The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features...
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  • support the use of a geographic information system, providing the ability to create, store, manage, query, analyze, and visualize geographic data, that is,...
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  • An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical...
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  • The Canada Geographic Information System (CGIS) was an early geographic information system (GIS) developed for the Government of Canada beginning in the...
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  • geographic location or geographic position). It is also called geospatial data and information,[citation needed] georeferenced data and information,[citation...
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    opposed to being a geographic information system tool in and of itself. The field is also sometimes called geographical information science. British geographer...
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  • China portal Geography portal Canada Geographic Information System China Historical Geographic Information System Geographic information system Geoinformatics...
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  • 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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