Geographic Information System

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012247",
  "term": "Geographic Information System",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A computer system designed for storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying data in a geographic context, usually as maps.\n\n2. A computer program used to view, store and analyze maps and other geographic information.\n\n3. A computer system designed for storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying data in a geographic context.\n\n4. GIS is a system of hardware and software that captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents geographic data.\n\n5. A tool that links spatial features commonly seen on maps with information from various sources ranging from demographics to pollutant sources.\n\n6. A digital system for referencing data by geographical location. A Geographic Information System (GIS) allows users to manipulate, analyze, and visualize data by location.\n\n7. A collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data designed to capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display geographically referenced data.\n\n8. A mapping system that uses computers to collect, store, manipulate, analyze, and display data. For example, GIS can show the concentration of a contaminant within a community in relation to points of reference such as streets and homes.\n\n9. Computer system designed for storing, manipulating,analyzing, and displaying data in a geographic context, usually as maps.\n\n10. A set of computer hardware and software for analyzing and displaying spatially referenced features (i.e., points, lines, and polygons) with nongeographic attributes such as species and age (Johnson 1990:31).\n\n11. GIS is a system of hardware and software used for storing, retrieving, mapping, and analyzing geographic data. It is a computer technology that brings together all types of information based on geographic location for the purpose of query, analysis, and generation of maps and reports. GIS is both a database designed to handle geographic data and a set of computer operations (“tools”) that can be used to analyze the data. In a sense, GIS can be thought of as a higher-order map.\n\n12. System for linking information to a particular geographical location. A Geographic Information System (GIS) allows users to manipulate and analyze specific provided data. Acronym: GIS\n\n13. Computer program used to view, store and analyze maps and other geographic information.\n\n14. Collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data designed to capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display geographically referenced data.",
  "abbreviation": "GIS",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Watershed Protection Glossary; Glossary: Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary",
    "Watershed Planning Glossary of Terms",
    "Radiation Protection Radiation Glossary",
    "Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary",
    "CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Glossary",
    "EPA Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources: Progress Report at http://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/pdfs/hf-report20121214.pdf",
    "USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Glossary of Avian Terms For Use in Avian Conservation Biology",
    "EPA Guidelines to Assessing Regional Vulnerabilities at http://www.epa.gov/reva/docs/guidelines_reva_20080627.pdf",
    "EMAP Master Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/geographic-information-system/"
}