FORESTRY
REMOTE SENSING
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Global Information System
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Geography Information System
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Geology Information System
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Geographical Information System
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information. It uses data that is attached to a unique location.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roger Tomlinson, also known as the Father of GIS, is famed for being a pioneer in the field of Geographic Information System (GIS). His early work fifty years ago with the Canada Land Inventory (CLI) in 1962 is widely recognized as the beginnings of GIS.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hardware. Hardware is the computer on which a GIS operates. Software. GIS software provides the functions and tools needed to store, analyze, and display geographic information. Data. Possibly the most important component of a GIS is the data. People. Methods.