Geomatics is the “discipline concerned with the collection, distribution, storage, analysis, processing, presentation of geographic data or geographic information”. Geomatics encompasses the fields of geodesy, geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), hydrography, mapping, photogrammetry, remote sensing, and surveying.
Spatial Science (Surveying) is concerned with the measurement, management, analysis and display of spatial information describing the Earth, its physical features and the built environment.