Geomatics is the field of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering of

geographic information, or spatially referenced information. Geomatics includes

geodesy (scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation
of the earth, its gravitational field, and other geodynamic phenomena, such as
crustal motion, oceanic tides, and polar motion) and GIS (a computer based system
for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes which
are spatially referenced to the earth) and remote sensing (the short or large-scale
acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by the use of either
recording or real-time sensing devices that are not in physical or intimate contact
with the object).