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A Brief Introduction to GIS:Geographic Information Systems
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The world is not a given to be captured and frozen, as is, on the map: a world is but one possible world to be depicted, as we choose to imagine it, on a map.Asta Ciowy‘The Roots of Walter Christaller’
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Geographic Information System
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Visualize
Analyze
SynthesizeTuesday, December 3, 13
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Geographic Data
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Geographic Data
Points
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Geographic Data
PointsBuilding,
tree, bird sighting.
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Geographic Data
PointsBuilding,
tree, bird sighting.
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Geographic Data
PointsBuilding,
tree, bird sighting.
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Geographic Data
PointsBuilding,
tree, bird sighting.
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Geographic Data
PointsBuilding,
tree, bird sighting.
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Geographic Data
Points
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Geographic Data
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Geographic Data
Lines
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Geographic Data
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
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Geographic Data
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
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Geographic Data
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
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Geographic Data
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
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Geographic Data
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
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Geographic Data
Lines
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Geographic Data
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Geographic Data
Polygons
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Geographic Data
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
Polygons
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Geographic Data
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Geographic Data
PointsBuilding,
tree, bird sighting.
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
PointsBuilding,
tree, bird sighting.
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
PointsBuilding,
tree, bird sighting.
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
Points
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
LinesRoads, shore,
contour.
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
Lines
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
PolygonsCamp,lake,
playing field
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Geographic Data
Polygons
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Geographic Data
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GISGeographic Information System
Digital Tools
Data
Explorer
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Visualize
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Analyze
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Synthesize
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Datasets
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Layers
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