geographic information system

geographic information system

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: /gēōgrăfĭk ĭnfôrmāshŏn sĭstĭm/

Noun

geographic information system (plural geographic information systems)

1. An electronic system used to store, process and display geographic information, especially maps

Abbreviations

• GIS

Translations

an electronic system

Chinese: Mandarin: 地理信息系统 Danish: GIS Dutch: geografisch informatiesysteem n Estonian: geoinfosüsteem m Finnish: paikkatietojärjestelmä French: système d'information géographique (fr) m, SIG (fr) m German: Geoinformationssystem n Greek: Γεωγραφικά Συστήματα Πληροφοριών m (Geografiká Systímata Pliroforión) Hebrew: מערכת מידע גאוגרפית‎ Indonesian: Sistem Informasi Geografis

Italian: sistema informativo geografico m Japanese: 地理情報システム (chiri jōhō shisutemu) Latin: systema informationis geographicum m Norwegian: GIS Polish: system informacji geograficznej n Portuguese: sistema de informação geográfica m Romanian: sistem de informare geografică n Russian: геоинформационная систе́ма n (geoinformacionnaja sistéma) Spanish: sistema de información geográfica m Swedish: GIS