Welcome to the ISO/TC 211 Multi-Lingual Glossary of Terms (MLGT), the authoritative glossary for geographic information technology from ISO/TC 211.

The name “geolexica” is the combination of the Greek prefix “geo-” (of and pertaining to the Earth) and the suffix “lexica” derived from Greek “lexiko”, the counterpart of English “lexicon” (vocabulary).

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