GIS has come a long way since Roger Tomlinson introduced the term ‘geographic information system’ in his paper titled ‘A Geographic Information System for Regional Planning’. Even so, today’s geographic information systems still generate and maintain spatial information which aids in the creation of maps and data analysis. A wide variety of applications and disciplines benefit from GIS technology nowadays, as this overview shows. These seven selected articles also provide a glimpse of where GIS is heading in the future.. ......continued ...
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