Database-driven site with search box and alphabetical index. 980 terms, 52 diagrams. • This on-line dictionary of GIS terms is brought to you by the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and the University Of Edinburgh Department of Geography. The dictionary includes definitions compiled from a variety of sources which either relate directly to GIS or which GIS users may come across in the course of their work. • Categories: Cartography, Data, Data Capture, Databases, Geography, Hardware, Information Technology, Organisations, Photogrammetry and Digital Terrain Modelling, Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, Software, Spatial Analysis and modelling, Standards, Surveying. • Primary uses of GIS: governmental, environmental, town planning, local authority and public utility management, resource management, etc. [2003-08-07]
