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Data: The Heart and Soul of a GIS
Author(s) -
Adams Gary
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2007.tb02752.x
Subject(s) - metadata , soul , field (mathematics) , geographic information system , data collection , computer science , data science , gis and public health , am/fm/gis , gis file format , information retrieval , database , world wide web , geography , gis applications , cartography , sociology , social science , philosophy , theology , mathematics , pure mathematics
This article examines geographic information systems (GIS) and the data that drive it. The article stresses the importance of accurate data, differenciates between “data” and “information”, describes metadata and field data collection. A list of resources is provided.