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2. Web GIS - Wikipedia

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   The history of Web GIS is very closely tied to the history of geographic information systems, Digital mapping, and the World Wide Web or the Web. The Web was first created in 1990, and the first major web mapping program capable of distributed map creation appeared shortly after in 1993.

3. Geographic information system - Wikipedia

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   Geographic information system (GIS) is a commonly used tool for environmental management, modelling and planning. As simply defined by Michael Goodchild, GIS is as "a computer system for handling geographic information in a digital form". [68] In recent years it has played an integral role in participatory, collaborative and open data philosophies.

4. GIS and hydrology - Wikipedia

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   Geographic information systems (GISs) have become a useful and important tool in the field of hydrology to study and manage Earth's water resources.Climate change and greater demands on water resources require a more knowledgeable disposition of arguably one of our most vital resources.

5. Category:Geographic information systems - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Geographic information systems" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 ...

6. GIS file format - Wikipedia

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   A GIS file format is a standard for encoding geographical information into a computer file, as a specialized type of file format for use in geographic information systems (GIS) and other geospatial applications. Since the 1970s, dozens of formats have been created based on various data models for various purposes

7. List of GIS data sources - Wikipedia

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   Online collection of all digital USGS 1:24K scale topographic maps (as well as various other GIS data) covering the United States, available as a free download. NPScape United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NPScape is a landscape dynamics monitoring project that provides landscape-level data, tools, and evaluations for ...