GIS EXPLAINED - Terms and Defenitions

GIS EXPLAINED - Terms and Definitions
The following are Wikipedia entries that should help you learn more about GIS.
Aerial photography
Atlas
Cartography
Contour line
Digital elevation model - DEM
Digital Line Graph - DLG
Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle - DOQ
Digital Raster Graphic - DRG
FIPS place code
FIPS state code
Geographic information system - GIS
Geography
Geologic map
Geospatial
GeoTIFF
GIS file formats
Grass GIS
Global positioning system - GPS
Historical geographic information system - HGIS
Landsat program
Latitude
Longitude
Map
Map projection
Orthophoto
Public Participation GIS
Remote sensing
Spatial analysis
Spatial Data Transfer Standard - SDTS
Topo map
Topographic map
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing - TIGER, TIGER/Line
U.S. postal abbreviations
United States Geological Survey - USGS
Universal Transverse Mercator - UTM
Check our What is GIS? page for more about learning GIS.
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