A land information system is a geographic information system for cadastral and land-use mapping, typically used by local governments.
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“Boys forget what their country means by just reading the land of the free in history books. Then they get to be men, they forget even more. Libertys too precious a thing to be buried in books.”
—Sidney Buchman (19021975)
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