Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geographic information science

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: ge-o-graph-ic in-for-ma-tion -science
IPA

46

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

8

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scientific study of the nature and use of geographic information; the theoretical foundation of geographic information systems.

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by Michael Goodchild in the early 1990s, and quickly caught on in the academic community.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

geographical information science (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

GIScience

Questions

What does geographic information science mean?: The scientific study of the nature and use of geographic information; the theoretical foundation of geographic information systems.
Where does geographic information science come from?: Coined by Michael Goodchild in the early 1990s, and quickly caught on in the academic community.

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