Portal:Geoinformatics
School:Computer Science → Topic:Geoinformatics
Geoinformatics is a science which develops and uses information science infrastructure to address the problems of geosciences and related branches of engineering.
The three main tasks of geoinformatics are:
- development and management of databases of geodata, georeferences and other GIS objects
- analysis and modeling of geodata
- development and integration of computer tools and software for the first two tasks.
Geoinformatics as a branch of Computer Science that deals with the development and use of Geospatial Information Systems (GIS).
Prerequisites
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Learning materials
[edit | edit source]Related departments
[edit | edit source]- Topic:Object-relational databases (ORDs) - Includes a lab that will use object-relational Database Management Systems (ORDBMS) to collect, store and organize geodata.
- Topic:Cartography - map-making and related activities ranging from simple hand-drawn maps to sophisticated computerized GIS data models.
Resources
[edit | edit source]- Search for Geoinformatics at Wikiversity
- w: Geoinformatics
- Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER)
External links
[edit | edit source]- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER web page
- Tiger Map Server Browser
- Federal Geographic Data Committee — United States federal government standards agency
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Open Geospatial Consortium
- USGS - U.S. Geological Survey