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Geographic Information Systems

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Geographic Information System (GIS) is an information system specially used to collect, store, manage, analyze, and express spatial data, which is not only a “tool” for expressing and simulating the real space world and spatial data processing and analysis, but also regarded as a “resource” used by people to solve spatial problems. According to the running platform, GIS is classified as desktop GIS, web GIS, mobile GIS, and so on.

Agricultural GIS refers to the software and hardware systems that use GIS technology to achieve the acquisition, storage and management, and application services of agricultural geographic information. GIS, remote sensing and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) are key technologies for precision agriculture.

Introduction

Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer-based tool to collect, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data, and to analyze and process spatial information. It has been widely used in different fields...

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  1. National Engineering Research Center of Information Technology in Agriculture (NERCITA), Bei**g, China

    Yuchun Pan, Yanbing Zhou & Yunbing Gao

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  1. Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Prosser, WA, USA

    Qin Zhang

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  1. China Agricultural University, Bei**g, China

    Minzan Li

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Pan, Y., Zhou, Y., Gao, Y. (2023). Geographic Information Systems. In: Zhang, Q. (eds) Encyclopedia of Smart Agriculture Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89123-7_240-1

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