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qaws [65]
3 years ago
9

What’s the difference between a GIS and a GPS?

Advanced Placement (AP)
1 answer:
AVprozaik [17]3 years ago
5 0

GPS stands for Global Positioning System. GPS uses satellites that orbit Earth to send information to GPS receivers that are on the ground. The information helps people determine their location.

A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data. Attribute data can be generally defined as additional information about each of the spatial features.

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