[GIS dictionary] GIS is a computer-based tool that analyzes, stores, manipulates and visualizes geographic information on a map. GIS links geographic locations on Earth with attribute information enab [..]

The abstract representation of natural or cultural features of a landscape into a digital database, presented in a geographic form.

A computerized system of organizing and analyzing any spatial array of data.

computer systems for recording, storing, and manipulating information that is linked to geographic location (spatial data); a GIS database is often represented by layers, each a different type of info [..]

Computer Systems capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e. data identified according to their locations.

Computer systems capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e. data identified according to their locations.

Specialised computer software specifically designed for the creation, management and display of spatial data.

GIS is a computer technology that manages, analyzes, and disseminates geographic knowledge.

A computerized system for combining, displaying, and analyzing geographic data. GIS produces maps for environmental planning and management by integrating physical and biological information (soils, vegetation, hydrology, living resources, and so forth) and cultural information (population, political boundaries, roads, bank and shoreline developmen [..]

Combine digitized mapping with key locational data to graphically depict such trading-area characteristics as the demographics of the population, data on customer purchases, and listings of current, proposed, and competitor locations.

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer-based tool for mapping, collating and analysing spatial information. It integrates the storage of text based information found in more traditional databases with spatial areas and visual data like maps and photographs. This means that material can be queried and searched across a region, landscape [..]

The computerized mapping of data that can generate high quality maps based on the analysis of layers of geographic information. GIS allows all information in a database to be integrated for any locati [..]