MaCGDI is a centre established by the government to manage and promote the development of Malaysia Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MyGDI) as the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). MaCGDI is also responsible for coordinating access and delivery of the geospatial information held by all government agencies. The main role of the centre is to continuously make available and accessible current and accurate geospatial data that promotes a sustainable living environment, economic growth and social progress for public. 

Portrayal of geographic information as a digital image file suitable for display on a computer screen.

[cartography] A map legend is a visual graphic of the symbology used in a map that tells the map reader what the polygons, lines, points or grid cells represents.

Coordinate conversion from an ellipsoidal coordinate system to a plane.

The reduction needed to display a representation of the Earth's surface on a map. A statement of a measure on the map and the equivalent measure on the Earth's surface, often expressed as a representative fraction of distance, such as 1:24,000 (one unit of distance on the map represents 24,000 of the same units of distance on the Earth). Map scale can also be expressed as a statement of equivalence using different units; for example, 1 inch = 1 mile or 1 inch = 2,000 feet.

A server that accesses spatial information and renders it to the client suitable for display as one or more layers in a map composed of many layers.

[software] MapInfo by Pitney Bowes (founded in 1986) is a GIS location intelligence suite that allows users to manage and create geospatial data create for visualization and export to PDF and various file formats.

A mixture or combination of content, elements, or scripts from multiple sources or websites. For example, one could add schools information from the Department of Education and public transportation routes from MetroGIS to a Google Map.

Average level of the surface of the sea over all stages of tide and seasonal variations.

ISO/TC211
Attribute of a phenomenon, body or substance that may be distinguished qualitatively and determined quantitatively

Particular quantity subject to measurement.

ISO/TC211
Operations associated to measurements.

Set of operations having the object of determining the value of a quantity.