09.11.2011Geomatics is a modern discipline as a combination of
science, engineering, technology and
application, in which spatial information (geoinformation) is systematically captured, administrated,
analyzed, represented, distributed and used, using methods and tools of information technology
and communication.
Geomatics is based on the disciplines of information
technology, surveying and geodesy,
cartography, geografic information systems (GIS), photogrammetry and remote sensing, global
navigation satellite systems (GNSS). It influences all spatial and geographical sciences as
planning, geology and geophysics, environmental sciences. There is built up an interoperable
spatial data infrastructure (SDI), which also supports important decisions in politics, government
and economy.
The strategic aim of geomatics is the distributed usage
of spatial data in the spatial data
infrastructure.
[based on Voser 2007, p. 89]
