| Chinese | English |
| 地理信息系统 | geographic information system An organized collection of computer hardware, software, geographic data, and personnel designed to efficiently capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display all forms of geographically referenced information that can be drawn from different sources, both statistical and mapped (一个计算机硬件，软件，地理数据和人员的组合，以有效的捕获，存储，更新，处理，分析和显示一切形式的，从不同来源得到的地理参照信息，可以是统计数据和地图。) |
| 地理信息系统实验室 | GIS laboratory A laboratory where GIS data drawn from different sources are stored, handled, analyzed and updated (一个来自不同来源的地理信息系统数据被存储、处理、分析和更新的实验室。) |
| 地理信息系统数字形式 | GIS digital format The digital form of data collected by remote sensing (通过遥感收集的数据的数字形式。) |
| 地理信息系统数字技术 | GIS digital technique The transformation to digital form of data collected by remote sensing, traditional field and documentary methods and of existing historical data such as paper maps, charts, and publications (对由遥感，传统领域和文件的方法和现有的历史数据,如纸张地图，图表和出版物等收集的数据以数字形式转变。对由遥感技术收集的数据、传统领域和文件方式(存储)的数据以及现有的历史数据，如纸张地图，图表和出版物等，向数字形式进行转变的技术。) |
| 地理信息系统数字系统 | GIS digital system An organized collection of computer hardware, software, geographic data, and personnel designed to efficiently capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display all forms of geographically referenced information that can be drawn from different sources, both statistical and mapped (一种计算机硬件、软件、地理数据和人事部门的有组织的收集，旨在有效获取、存储、更新、操纵、分析和显示各种形式的地理参照信息，可以从不同的来源，如统计数据和绘制地图来绘画。) |
