The uncounted plural, geographic information systems, also abbreviated GIS, is the most common term for the industry and profession concerned with these systems. The academic discipline that studies these systems and their underlying geographic principles, may also be abbreviated as GIS, but the unambiguous GIScience is more common. GIScience is often considered a subdiscipline of geography within the branch of technical geography.
the uncounted plural geographic information systems also abbreviated gis is the most common term for the industry and profession concerned with these systems the academic discipline that studies these systems and their underlying geographic principles may also be abbreviated as gis but the unambiguous giscience is more common giscience is often considered a subdiscipline of geography within the branch of technical geography