Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation geographic information system
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A word used as an oath of exclamation, affirmation, etc.: common in old ballads.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism Geographic Information Systems
- initialism Geographic Information Science
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Examples
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It is time they tell the right wing cowards who have been using the live and dead GIs to shut the hell up and start doing their jobs -- protecting the GIS and making sure they are where they should be for good reasons.
Printing: Withdrawal From Iraq Is the ONLY Way Our Soldiers Will NOT Have Died In Vain 2005
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It is time they tell the right wing cowards who have been using the live and dead GIs to shut the hell up and start doing their jobs -- protecting the GIS and making sure they are where they should be for good reasons.
Withdrawal From Iraq Is the ONLY Way Our Soldiers Will NOT Have Died In Vain 2005
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It is time they tell the right wing cowards who have been using the live and dead GIs to shut the hell up and start doing their jobs -- protecting the GIS and making sure they are where they should be for good reasons.
Withdrawal From Iraq Is the ONLY Way Our Soldiers Will NOT Have Died In Vain 2005
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I am looking for a Gis consultant who has worked on a opensource GIS tools like OpenLayers,
ASP.NET Forums 2010
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The mere thought of working out more efficient collection/delivery routes using GIS is perhaps too much to comprehend.
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PHP GIS Update php GIS is an OpenSource GIS application meant to be used as a way of viewing your GIS files.
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GIS is used to analyze the location and shape of geographic features, create buffers around a feature, define areas of influence, and create districts or territories by combining smaller areas together.
Redistricting in the Computer Age: A Review ofMaptitude for Redistricting 2000
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If you are a long-term GIS person then you will know that entering data into a database is a rudimentary but critical step, one that is simplified with the right tools.
Planet Geospatial 2009
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"I believe my legacy will be the acronym GIS: geographic information systems," Schauwecker said.
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Today, I've learned about a similar project started by Noel called GIS in the Classroom.
Archive 2009-05-08 Mr. Byrne 2009
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