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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to analysis of geographical data from multiple sources and technologies, using statistical methods and often resulting in computer visualization of locations under study.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
geographic location , especiallydata . - adjective computing Describing the
combination ofspatial software andgeographic data.
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Finally, attractive and seamless user experience in geospatial web applications.
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At the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he majored in geospatial engineering, a field of geographic mapping, and received his degree in 2004.
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This process, called geospatial image registration, integrates different sets of data to produce image products having a more accurate reference system synchronized with map coordinates.
ACM TechNews 2010
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University of Maryland computer science Ph.D. student Paulo S.akarian and computer science Professor V.S. S.brahmanian, together with University of Torino (Italy) computer science Professor Maria-Luisa S.pino developed a new computational technique called geospatial abduction designed to help analysts locate caches of explosive weapons.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Geographic [al] information system (also known as geospatial and consumer statistics and financial transaction processing. information system): System for capturing, storing, analysing, Mbit: Megabit. managing and presenting data and associated attributes that are MCX
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V1 says: "This really is an interesting read and it will undoubtedly cause one to ask questions about the relationship of the word 'geospatial' - and how the two relate.
Slashgeo 2010
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I know a company in The Netherlands that can produce the same kind of geospatial data and deliver sortlike services.
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Since 1992, LizardTech has delivered state-of-the-art software products for managing and distributing massive, high-resolution digital content such as geospatial image data.
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Since 1992, LizardTech has delivered state-of-the-art software products for managing and distributing massive, high-resolution digital content such as geospatial image data.
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This story will look at how technology such as geospatial information systems are being used to support urban and regional mass evacuation plans.
FCW News 2009
jmduke commented on the word geospatial
geospatial - an adjective - pertaining to position relative to the Earth's surface. "Geospatial data are indexed by location in either two or three dimensions (i.e., latitude, longitude, elevation)".
August 22, 2009