Geography GCSE
Geographical Information System (GIS)
What Geographical Information System (GIS) means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Geographical Information System (GIS)
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A computer-based framework used to gather, manage, analyse, and present spatial data.
Topics that use Geographical Information System (GIS)
- Use of qualitative and quantitative data (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Data analysis
- Data interpretation
- Graphical sources
- Limitations
- Primary data collection
- Qualitative Data
- Quantitative Data
- Quantitative data analysis
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