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  2. ZIP Code - Wikipedia

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    A 1974 postage stamp encouraging people to use the ZIP Code on letters and parcels. A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan [1]) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly [2] ( zipping along) when senders use the ...

  3. Crime mapping - Wikipedia

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    Crime mapping is used by analysts in law enforcement agencies to map, visualize, and analyze crime incident patterns. It is a key component of crime analysis and the CompStat policing strategy. Mapping crime, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), allows crime analysts to identify crime hot spots , along with other trends and patterns.

  4. List of free geology software - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of free and open-source software for geological data handling and interpretation. The list is split into broad categories, depending on the intended use of the software and its scope of functionality. Notice that 'free and open-source' requires that the source code is available and users are given a free software license.

  5. ZIP Code Tabulation Area - Wikipedia

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    ZIP Code Tabulation Areas ( ZCTAs) are statistical entities developed by the United States Census Bureau for tabulating summary statistics. These were introduced with the Census 2000 and continued with the 2010 Census and 5 year American Community Survey [1] datasets. This new entity was developed to overcome the difficulties in precisely ...

  6. Generic Mapping Tools - Wikipedia

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    Generic Mapping Tools. Generic Mapping Tools ( GMT) are an open-source collection of computer software tools for processing and displaying xy and xyz datasets, including rasterization, filtering and other image processing operations, and various kinds of map projections. The software stores 2-D grids as COARDS-compliant netCDF files and comes ...

  7. Internet geolocation - Wikipedia

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    In computing, Internet geolocation is software capable of deducing the geographic position of a device connected to the Internet. [1] For example, the device's IP address can be used to determine the country, city, or ZIP code, determining its geographical location. [2] Other methods include examination of Wi-Fi hotspots, [3] a MAC address ...

  8. Geographic information system software - Wikipedia

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    A GIS software program is a computer program to support the use of a geographic information system, providing the ability to create, store, manage, query, analyze, and visualize geographic data, that is, data representing phenomena for which location is important. [1] [2] [3] The GIS software industry encompasses a broad range of commercial and ...

  9. Huntington (CDP), New York - Wikipedia

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    The hamlet's central business district, known locally as Huntington Village, is old and well developed, but it is not incorporated and does not have a village form of government. Geography [ edit ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 7.7 square miles (19.9 km 2 ), of which 7.5 square miles (19.5 km 2 ) is ...