"geographic information system" meaning in English

See geographic information system in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: geographic information systems [plural]
enPR: /gēōgrăfĭk ĭnfôrmāshŏn sĭstĭm/ Head templates: {{en-noun|head=geographic information system}} geographic information system (plural geographic information systems)
  1. An electronic system used to store, process and display geographic information, especially maps Wikipedia link: geographic information system Categories (topical): Systems theory Synonyms: GIS Translations (an electronic system): 地理信息系统 (Chinese Mandarin), GIS (Danish), geografisch informatiesysteem [neuter] (Dutch), geoinfosüsteem [masculine] (Estonian), paikkatietojärjestelmä (Finnish), système d’information géographique [masculine] (French), SIG [masculine] (French), გეოგრაფიული საინფორმაციო სისტემა (geograpiuli sainpormacio sisṭema) (Georgian), Geoinformationssystem [neuter] (German), Γεωγραφικά Συστήματα Πληροφοριών (Geografiká Systímata Pliroforión) [masculine] (Greek), מערכת מידע גאוגרפית (Hebrew), sistem informasi geografis (Indonesian), sistema informativo geografico [masculine] (Italian), 地理情報システム (chiri jōhō shisutemu) (Japanese), systema informationis geographicum [masculine] (Latin), sistem maklumat geografi (Malay), GIS (Norwegian), system informacji geograficznej [neuter] (Polish), sistema de informação geográfica [masculine] (Portuguese), sistem de informare geografică [neuter] (Romanian), геоинформационная систе́ма (geoinformacionnaja sistéma) [neuter] (Russian), sistema de información geográfica [masculine] (Spanish), GIS (Swedish)

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