Geographic Database Systems

The foundation for building geographic information systems (GIS).
GIS Geographic Database Systems.
Geographic vs. spatial
Geographic vs. geometric vs. graphic

GIS is a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry

Today:

GISs as highly-specialist software systems.
Users need extensive training.

In the future:

GISs will be as common place as spreadsheets and word processors are today.

[ Title | Geographic Information Science | Cognitive Foundations | Formal Models and Computational Implementations | GIS Research Community ]

Last updated on June 5, 1996.

[ Max J. Egenhofer | NCGIA Maine | Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering ]