geographic information systems
type: Concept
narrower: scale in GIS

scale in GIS
definition: Scale has many connotations in geographic information systems (GIS) research and education. Among its most frequent uses, scale captures the relationship between distances in the real world and the distances among objects on GIS maps and in spatial databases. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Scale in GIS]
broader: geographic information systems
type: Concept

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: scale in GIS