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Geographic information systems: a tool for territorial management

Authors: Pierre-Alain AYRAL, Sophie SAUVAGNARGUES

Publication date: May 10, 2021

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2. GIS components

The term geographic information system encompasses several components, represented in figure 1 , necessary for its implementation: hardware, personnel (designers/users), deployed software(s), data and methods. In this section, we will focus on three components in particular: personnel, software and data.

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