Geographic Information Systems

The chapter presents the geographic information systems. A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system that allows various sources to gather and organize, manage, analyze and combine, develop, and present geographically located information contributing in particular to the management from space. A geographic information system is also a database management system for entering, storing, retrieving, querying, analyzing, and displaying localized data. It is a set of data located in space, structured so that it can conveniently extract syntheses useful to the decision.

# Geographic Information Systems Studies # Social Sciences # Decision Support System Applications # Business, Management and Accounting # 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications # Engineering

(2020). "Geographic Information Systems". Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book series. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1916-5.ch008