Geographic Information System (GIS)

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A system for visualizing and analyzing geographic information.

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A Geographic Information System (GIS) is any system that allows a user to input geographic information to visualize and analyze it. Geographic information includes latitude and longitude coordinates, postal addresses (country, state, city; zipcodes). GIS software allows the data to be visualized on a map.

Here's an example of data being analyzed in ArcGIS:
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(Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alper/5345887644)

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