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
Project aimed at providing a spatial planning tool that can be used for assessing, monitoring and modelling the development of urban and regional environments. http://moland.jrc.it/
Research activities related to processing and analyzing space based Earth observations and modeling/computing the high precision satellite orbits that are often required for that type of analysis. Geodesy is also a research area. http://www.deos.tudelft.nl/
FTP File Access. These data files are for use in geographical information systems for analysis and integration with other geospatial data. http://edc.usgs.gov/geodata/
