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Q: What is geomatics?
A: Geomatics is the science and technology of surveying, blended with the art and technology of mapping. Surveying has traditionally been defined as “the science, art and technology of determining, or of establishing, the relative positions of points on, near, above or beneath the earth’s surface.” Geomatics integrates the traditional surveying definition with a variety of other spatial-relation information. Geomatics applies not only to land ownership and land development but also includes processes to measure and monitor our environment, our expanding population, our appreciating land values, our dwindling natural resources and the continued effect of human activities on our quality of land, water and air.
Geomatics is fundamental to all geoscience disciplines that use spatially-related data. Those disciplines include:
- geodesy,
- cartography,
- remote sensing,
- photogrammetry,
- geographic information systems,
- land information systems and
- global positioning systems.