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Geographic Information Systems

Geographic Information Systems
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Copyright: 2020
Pages: 17
Source title: Utilizing Decision Support Systems for Strategic Public Policy Planning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mohamed Timoulali (GTOPIC sarl, Morocco)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1916-5.ch008

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Abstract

The chapter presents the geographic information systems. A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system that allows various sources to gather and organize, manage, analyze and combine, develop, and present geographically located information contributing in particular to the management from space. A geographic information system is also a database management system for entering, storing, retrieving, querying, analyzing, and displaying localized data. It is a set of data located in space, structured so that it can conveniently extract syntheses useful to the decision.

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