Geographic Information System
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They then used geographic information system software to generate spatial probability estimations based on these known outbreaks.
From Science Daily
The county’s claims that these two sites are the only possible locations — narrowed down from an initial 70,000 possibilities using a geographic information system, then to 206 after further screening — strains credibility.
From Seattle Times
They built their algorithms using these data samples for soil organic carbon, matched to precise geographic information system locations.
From Science Daily
Adi Ben-Nun, the manager of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Geographic Information System Center, has surveyed damage along the potential buffer zone up until Jan. 17.
From Seattle Times
To build his 3-D model, he entered a 3-D map made from geographic information system, or G.I.S., data and a Google satellite map into Maya, and then layered in the historical photographs.
From New York Times
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