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2. Web GIS - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_GIS

   The history of Web GIS is very closely tied to the history of geographic information systems, Digital mapping, and the World Wide Web or the Web. The Web was first created in 1990, and the first major web mapping program capable of distributed map creation appeared shortly after in 1993.

3. Participatory GIS - Wikipedia

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   Participatory GIS (PGIS) or public participation geographic information system (PPGIS) is a participatory approach to spatial planning and spatial information and communications management. [1] [2] PGIS combines Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) methods with geographic information systems (GIS). [3]

4. ArcGIS - Wikipedia

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   ArcGIS is a family of client, server and online geographic information system (GIS) software developed and maintained by Esri.. ArcGIS was first released in 1982 as ARC/INFO, a command line-based GIS.

5. Geography - Wikipedia

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   Geographic information systems (GIS) deal with storing information about the Earth for automatic retrieval by a computer in an accurate manner appropriate to the information's purpose. [75] In addition to all of the other subdisciplines of geography, GIS specialists must understand computer science and database systems.

6. Spatial database - Wikipedia

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   Geographic database (or geodatabase) is a georeferenced spatial database, used for storing and manipulating geographic data (or geodata, i.e., data associated with a location on Earth), [a] especially in geographic information systems (GIS). Almost all current relational and object-relational database management systems now have spatial ...

7. Volunteered geographic information - Wikipedia

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   Volunteered geographic information (VGI) is the harnessing of tools to create, assemble, and disseminate geographic data provided voluntarily by individuals. [1] [2] VGI is a special case of the larger phenomenon known as user-generated content, [3] and allows people to have a more active role in activities such as urban planning and mapping.