Editing Geomatics (section)

== Geomatics engineering ==

[[File:TS by The sea.jpg|thumb|Surveyor using a [[total station]]]]
'''Geomatics engineering''' is a rapidly developing engineering discipline which focuses on [[spatial information]] (i.e. information that has a location).<ref>{{cite journal |id={{ProQuest|202972772}} |last1=Hazelton |first1=N W J |title=Surveying, Geomatics, and Engineering: A 'Structure' for a Rapidly Evolving Profession |journal=Surveying and Land Information Science |volume=65 |issue=3 |date=September 2005 |pages=211–222 }}</ref> The location is the primary factor used to integrate a very wide range of data for spatial analysis and visualization. Geomatics engineers design, develop, and operate systems for collecting and analyzing spatial information about the land, the oceans, natural resources, and manmade features.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of Geomatics Engineering {{!}} Kathmandu University |url=http://geom.ku.edu.np/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Department of Geomatics Engineering}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lam |first1=Steve Yau-Wah |last2=Yip |first2=Tsz Leung |title=The role of geomatics engineering in establishing the marine information system for maritime management |journal=Maritime Policy & Management |date=February 2008 |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=53–60 |doi=10.1080/03088830701848896 |s2cid=154941027 |hdl=10397/27671 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

Geomatics engineers apply engineering principles to spatial information and implement relational data structures involving measurement sciences, thus using geomatics and acting as spatial information engineers. Geomatics engineers manage local, regional, national and global spatial data infrastructures.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1007/978-981-13-7067-0 |title=Applications of Geomatics in Civil Engineering |series=Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering |date=2020 |volume=33 |isbn=978-981-13-7066-3 |editor1-first=Jayanta Kumar |editor1-last=Ghosh |editor2-first=Irineu |editor2-last=da Silva }}{{page needed|date=December 2023}}</ref> Geomatics engineering also involves aspects of Computer Engineering, Software Engineering and Civil Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marshall, Wesley |url=https://engineering.ucdenver.edu/civil-engineering/research-specialty-areas/geomatics-gis |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=engineering.ucdenver.edu |language=en}}</ref>