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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451900903321

Titolo

Beyond mapping [[electronic resource] ] : meeting national needs through enhanced geographic information science / / Committee on Beyond Mapping: The Challenges of New Technologies in the Geographic Information Sciences, The Mapping Science Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-56738-4

9786610567386

0-309-66150-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 p.)

Disciplina

910.285

Soggetti

Geographic information systems - United States

Geographic information systems - Research - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Geographic Information Science Today and Tomorrow""; ""2 Education and Curriculum Needs in GIS/GIScience""; ""3 GIS/GIScience Research Needs""; ""4 Recommendations""; ""5 Afterword""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants""; ""Appendix C Evolution of the Mapping Sciences""; ""Appendix D Acronyms""