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Geographic information system
Known as:
Geographic information systems software
, Geographical Information System
, Geospatial Information Systems
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A geographic information system or (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographical…
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Geographic information systems demystified
Stephen R. Galati
2006
Corpus ID: 127393895
After forty years of application, geographic information systems (GIS) are emerging as a major technical resource with…
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
GIS-based visualisation of development proposals: reactions from planning and related professionals
K. Appleton
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A. Lovett
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
2005
Corpus ID: 46571746
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Lichenological evidence for the recognition of inland rain forests in western North America
T. Goward
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T. Spribille
2005
Corpus ID: 54872993
Aim The coastal temperate rain forests of north‐western North America are internationally renowned as the archetypal expression…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Self-healing reconfiguration for restoration of naval shipboard power systems
K. Butler-Purry
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N. Sarma
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
2004
Corpus ID: 33725144
Naval shipboard power systems form a critical component of the U.S. defense infrastructure. When there is a fault in a shipboard…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A cadmium budget for the Lot-Garonne fluvial system (France)
G. Blanc
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Y. Lapaquellerie
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N. Maillet
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P. Anschutz
Hydrobiologia
1999
Corpus ID: 32773291
Routine measurements of river discharge and total suspended sediment concentration (TSS) are combined with regular analyses for…
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
A cost model for estimating the performance of spatial joins using R-trees
Yun-Wu Huang
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N. Jing
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Elke A. Rundensteiner
Proceedings. Ninth International Conference on…
1997
Corpus ID: 1991923
The development of a cost model for predicting the performance of spatial joins has been identified in the literature as an…
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1995
Highly Cited
1995
Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 1993
John Wilcock Kris Lockyear
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Alexandra Bayliss
1995
Corpus ID: 53937437
Review
1992
Review
1992
Accuracy of spatial data used in geographic information systems
K. Thapa
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J. Bossler
1992
Corpus ID: 129494406
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are concerned with the collection, management, display, and analysis of spatial data. In…
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Review
1991
Review
1991
Partial discharge. IX. PD in gas-insulated substations-fundamental considerations
R. Baumgartner
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B. Fruth
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W. Lanz
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K. Pettersson
IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
1991
Corpus ID: 607496
For pt.VIII see ibid., vol.7, no.5, p.9 et seq. (1991). The physical aspects of partial discharge (PD) in SF/sub 6/ gas-insulated…
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1990
Highly Cited
1990
LOCATIONAL REFERENCING AND HIGHWAY SEGMENTATION IN A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
Timothy L. Nyerges
1990
Corpus ID: 17157128
It is described how GIS (geographic information system) concepts and technology can form the framework for an integrated highway…
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