Editorial for special issue: “Geomatics application for geography (gag)” in geographia technica

Abstract

Geomatics or Geography, that is the question! This is how the authors' idea of merging Geomatics and Geography in this special issue begins, paraphrasing a Shakespearean citation. The common principle that unites these two scientific disciplines, which attempt to describe the territory in the most straightforward way possible. On the other hand, Geomatics and Geography derived from “gèo- “[greek γεω-], as first element of composed words in learned and scientific terminology, meaning “earth”, “globe”, “land surface”.