Geographic information systems

spatial data information systems

treatise on cartography by Claudius Ptolemaeus

type of plane partition

address geocoding, a process of finding associated geographic coordinates

physical spacial network for vehicle movement and transportation of goods over thoroughfares between multiple locations

drafting / engineering process

gvSIG, geographic information system (GIS), is a desktop application designed for capturing, storing, handling, analyzing and deploying any kind of referenced geographic information in order to solve complex management and planning problems. gvSIG is known for having a user-friendly interface, being able to access the most common formats, both vector and raster ones. It features a wide range of tools for working with geographic-like information (query tools, layout creation, geoprocessing, networks, etc.). Integrating in the same view both local (files, databases) and remote data through OGC

frame of reference used to represent positions on or near Earth

annual geographic information systems public outreach day

Mapnik is an open-source mapping toolkit for desktop and server based map rendering, written in C++. Artem Pavlenko, the original developer of Mapnik, set out with the explicit goal of creating beautiful maps by employing the sub-pixel anti-aliasing of the Anti-Grain Geometry (AGG) library. Mapnik now also has a Cairo rendering backend. For handling common software tasks such as memory management, file system access, regular expressions, and XML parsing, Mapnik utilizes the Boost C++ libraries. An XML file can be used to define a collection of mapping objects that determine the appearance of a

standard for geographical data

potential source of error in spatial analysis

in GIS, a zone around a map feature measured in units of distance or time, useful for proximity analysis

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samples within a data set identified for a particular purpose

URI scheme for geographic locations

adjustment of images to simplify stereo vision or to map images to a map coordinate system