<P> A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data . The acronym GIS is sometimes used for geographic information science (GIScience) to refer to the academic discipline that studies geographic information systems and is a large domain within the broader academic discipline of geoinformatics . What goes beyond a GIS is a spatial data infrastructure, a concept that has no such restrictive boundaries . </P> <P> In general, the term describes any information system that integrates, stores, edits, analyzes, shares, and displays geographic information . GIS applications are tools that allow users to create interactive queries (user - created searches), analyze spatial information, edit data in maps, and present the results of all these operations . Geographic information science is the science underlying geographic concepts, applications, and systems . </P>

What types of information can be gained from using gis
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