Concept information
Preferred term
Canada Geographic Information System
Definition
- The Canada Geographic Information System (CGIS) is generally acclaimed as the first operational GIS in the world. Its development started in 1963 to support Canada's most comprehensive and ambitious land resource survey programs: the Canada Land Inventory (CLI). [Source: Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science; Canada Geographic Information System (CGIS)]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Canada_Geographic_Information_System
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