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GIS
GIS, or Geographical Information System, is any computer system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, and present spatial or geographic data.
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Data glossaryGeodata
Geodata
Data scienceData visualization
Any dataset where data points include a location, e.g. as latitude and longitude coordinates or geographic names.
as latitude and longitude or another standard encoding. Maps, transport routes, environmental data and many other kinds of data can be published as geodata.
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Shapefile
The shapefile format is a geospatial data format. It is developed and regulated by Esri as an open specification for geographic information.
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Anonymization
Data anonymization is a type of process to remove sensitive information to protect the identity of individuals in datasets.
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