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Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards pp 385–386Cite as

Geographic Information Technology

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series ((EESS))

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Environmental Information System; Geographic Information System (GIS); Geographically Referenced Information System (GIRS); Geo-Information System; Land Information System (LIS); Land Management System; Land Resources Information System; Spatial Information System (SIS)

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Geographic information technology uses computer-based tools to analyze spatial information into a geographic information system (GIS). In a GIS, data of the real world are stored into a georeferenced database, which can be displayed via maps. There is a dynamic link between the displayed maps and the stored georeferenced data, that is, a change on the maps leads to a change in the database and vice versa.

Use of geographic information technologies

There are a number of applications that use geographic information technologies in numerous economical sectors, such as transportation, medicine, agriculture, mineral exploration, forestry, and governance. Geographic information technologies are used in...

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  • Leblon, B., and LaRocque, A. ENR 4286 geographic information system, online course 8 chapters, http://learning.unb.ca.

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  1. Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, 4400, Fredericton, NB, Canada

    Brigitte Leblon

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Correspondence to Brigitte Leblon .

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  1. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

    Peter T. Bobrowsky

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Leblon, B. (2013). Geographic Information Technology. In: Bobrowsky, P.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4_153

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