Uuit1Geomatics Defined(测绘学定义)Where does the word Geomatics come from?( Geomatics 测绘或地球空间信息学,这个 名词是怎么来的呢?)GEODESY+GEOINFORMATICS=GEOMATICS or GEO- for earth and MATICS formathematicalor GEO- forGeoscienceand -MATICS forinformatics.(大地测量学地理信息学GEOMATICS测绘学或 者 geo 代 表地球, matics代表数学,或者 geo 代表地球科学, matics 代表信息学)It has been said that geomaticsis many things to many people.(据说测绘学这个词对不同的人有不同的理解) Theterm geomaticsemerged firstin Canada and as an a