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1UpInfo: Science: Earth_Sciences: Geomatics
Geomatics is the science and technology of gathering, analyzing, interpreting, distributing and using geographic information. Geomatics encompasses a broad range of disciplines that can be brought together to create a detailed but understandable picture of the physical world and our place in it. These disciplines include:
surveying & mapping;
remote sensing;
geographic information systems (GIS); and
global positioning system (GPS)
Geomatics is one of the fastest-growing technology sectors of the 1990s. Applications areas include the environment; land management and reform; development planning; infrastructure management; natural resource monitoring and development; and coastal zone management and mapping.
-- Source: derived from Natural Resources Canada
GPS (Global Positioning System) consists of 24 satellites in orbit. With appropriate receiving equipment the system can be used to determine geographical co-ordinates such as position and height. There are many uses of GPS including navigation, mapping, surveying, and monitoring.
This Open Directory Category is for GPS sites that relate to Geomantics, that is the study and measurement of the physical environment of the earth.
Geodesy is the study of the size and shape of the Earth’s surface and the creation of theoretical mathematical models of the surface that best fits the physical data.
Links to land surveying resources on the Internet.
The science of obtaining data about structures, objects and physical features of the earth through the processes of recording and interpreting photographs and other electromagnetic imagery.
Remote sensing is the gathering of information about an object without being in physical contact with the object, usually by methods that detect electromagnetic energy. Such observations are often made from spacecraft and aircraft.
 Computers: CAD
Reference: Maps
Business: Industries: Manufacturing: Instrumentation and Control: Industrial Metrology
Science: Social Sciences: Geography
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