精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Unit1 What is Geomatics ? Geomatics :Where does the word Geomatics come from? GEODESY +GEOINFORMATICS = GEOMATICS or GEO- for earth and -MATICS for mathematical or GEO- for Geoscience and -MATICS for informatics .Now the term includes the traditional surveying definition along with surveying steadily increased importance with the development of new technologies and the growing demand for a variety of spatially related types of information, particularly in measuring and mon
