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[edit | edit source]
Data models[edit | edit source]
Storage formats[edit | edit source]
GIS Programs[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
Analysis Tools[edit | edit source]
See Also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia: Geographic information system
- ↑ 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