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Questions tagged [gis-principle]

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What's the Semantic Web got to do with GIS?

A few years ago there was a lot of discussion about the Semantic Web. Are any of the concepts underlying the Semantic Web coming into fruition with respect to GIS? Or is it just another hippie dream? I have a dream for the Web [in which…
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Is it better to define object properties or layer properties?

I have a question, but it is difficult to phrase. I am picking up GIS methods as I go, and I have run into this problem frequently. Please excuse me if I am in the wrong place. When organizing information, is it better to group Features together and…
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How is a geoid represented?

I've asked some other questions that are very complex, and breaking them apart I'm concerned with how a geoid is represented. I see some people refer to it as a grid, and others refer to it as if it was not a grid.
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What is G.I.S for beginner?

I am 13 and I have an assessment on G.I.S soon and I don't have a clue what it is.
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Finding if journey passes near certain address/location?

I am thinking to create a website where people can share car journeys. Users can register a car journey and other users can find a journey. At the moment, when a user registers a journey, I save the starting and ending lat & lng of that journey in a…
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Redefine (or reconfirm) Node and Vertex in 3D-GIS

Sorry if this sounds too broad and opinion-soliciting... I think the difference between Node and Vertex had been discussed before (for instance) Difference between node and vertex in GIS?, good and detailed discussions between renowned GIS leaders…
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The manual Dempster–Shafer theory in GIS?

I am looking for the manual Dempster–Shafer theory. Can you help me?
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