Geographic Information System

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A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data.[1]

Basics

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Data models

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Storage formats

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GIS Programs

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Map design

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Analysis Tools

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See Also

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References

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  1. Wikipedia: Geographic information system
  2. Introduction to visualising spatial data in R. Robin Lovelace, James Cheshire, Rachel Oldroyd and others 2017-03-23. PDF: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/intro-spatial-rl.pdf - Resources: See https://github.com/Robinlovelace/Creating-maps-in-R for latest version

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