A geographic information system is a system for management, analysis, and display of geographic knowledge, which is represented using a series of information sets such as maps and globes, geographic data sets, processing and work flow models, data models, and metadata.
这段话摘自ESRI，放在这里，算是扫盲吧^0^。
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