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Geoinformatics is the science and the technology which develops and uses information science infrastructure to address the problems of geography, cartography, geosciences and related branches of science and engineering. ==Overview== Geoinformatics has been described as "the science and technology dealing with the structure and character of spatial information, its capture, its classification and qualification, its storage, processing, portrayal and dissemination, including the infrastructure necessary to secure optimal use of this information"〔P.L.N. Raju, Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems〕 or "the art, science or technology dealing with the acquisition, storage, processing production, presentation and dissemination of geoinformation".〔M. Ehlers, Geoinformatics and digital earth initiatives: a German perspective〕 Geomatics is a similarly used term which encompasses geoinformatics, but geomatics focuses more so on surveying. Geoinformatics has at its core the technologies supporting the processes of acquiring, analyzing and visualizing spatial data. Both geomatics and geoinformatics include and rely heavily upon the theory and practical implications of geodesy. Geography and earth science increasingly rely on digital spatial data acquired from remotely sensed images analyzed by geographical information systems (GIS) and visualized on paper or the computer screen.〔Bouloucos and Brown, ITC Courses in Remote Sensing, GIS and Photogrammetry〕 Geoinformatics combines geospatial analysis and modeling, development of geospatial databases, information systems design, human-computer interaction and both wired and wireless networking technologies. Geoinformatics uses geocomputation and geovisualization for analyzing geoinformation. Branches of geoinformatics include: Image:Hereford_Mappa_Mundi_1300.jpg|Cartography Image:Geoid_height_red_blue.png|Geodesy Image:Qgis08_grass6_toolbox.png|Geographic Information Systems Image:GPS_Satellite_NASA_art-iif.jpg|Global Navigation Satellite Systems Image:Alpha2000.jpg|Photogrammetry Image:Island_of_Hawai'i_-_Landsat_mosaic.jpg|Remote Sensing File:Example_krig.png|Spatial Analysis Image:Worldwind.png|Web mapping 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geoinformatics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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