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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* Attributes
* Metadata
* Environments
* Identify

## Data models

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* Vector Model
* Raster Model

## Storage formats

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* Vector Formats
* Raster Formats
* Geodatabase

## GIS Programs

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* ArcGIS \- Commercial
* SAGA GIS \- OpenSource - Desktop Application - Linux, Mac, Win - Novice GIS
* Quantum GIS \- OpenSource - Desktop Application - Linux, Mac, Win - Novice GIS
* GRASS GIS \- OpenSource - Desktop Application - Linux, Mac, Win - Advanced Users
* LeafletJS \- OpenSource - webbased visualisation and plugin based processing of geodata \- Web Browser
* OpenLayers \- OpenSource - webbased visualisation of dynamic data and processing of downloaded geodata (e.g. Earthquake heatmap) \- Web Browser

## Map design

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* Cartography
* Map Elements
* Final Map Setup

## Analysis Tools

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* Buffer
* Merge
* Selection
* Results
* Intersect

## See Also

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* Wikipedia: Geographic information system
* Spatial Analysis in R with PDF-Tutorial[2]

## 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