Geographic Information System(GIS) is a burgeon subject which was brought forward in the sixties of the twentieth century and developed from many subjectssuch as computer science, geography, informatics, environment science, manage science.

• 地理信息系统(Geographic Information Syestem，GIS)是20世纪60年代提出并逐步发展起来的一门集计算机科学、地理学、信息科学、环境科学和管理科学等多门科学为一体的新兴学科。