Geomatics's the discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivery of geographic information, or spatially referenced information. Overview Geomatics's fairly new, the term was apparently coined by B. Dubuisson in 1969. It includes the tools and techniques used in land surveying, remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, COMPASS), photogrammetry, and related forms of earth mapping. Originally used in Canada, because… (More on Geomatics)