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UNINA9910455937703321 |
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Titolo |
Distributed geolibraries [[electronic resource] ] : spatial information resources : summary of a workshop / / Panel on Distributed Geolibraries, Mapping Science Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999 |
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ISBN |
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0-309-59334-4 |
0-585-07566-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (136 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Geographic information systems - United States |
Digital libraries - United States |
Distributed databases - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-96). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Distributed Geolibraries""; ""Copyright""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""CHARACTERISTICS AND BENEFITS OF DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARIES""; ""THE NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""CONTENTS, SERVICES, AND FUNCTIONS OF DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARIES""; ""ARCHITECTURE OF DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARIES""; ""INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES""; ""ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES""; ""1 Introduction""; ""EXAMPLES""; ""Emergency Response""; ""Housing Relocation""; ""Public Health""; ""Natural Resource Planning""; ""A COMMON THEME"" |
""2 A Vision for Distributed Geolibraries""""RECENT DEVELOPMENTS""; ""A LIBRARY VISION""; ""DEFINING A DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARY""; ""A Distributed Library""; ""Geoinformation""; ""Characteristics of a Distributed Geolibrary""; ""DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARIES AND THE NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARIES AND DIGITAL EARTH""; ""3 The Distributed Geolibrary in Societal and Institutional Context""; ""LOCAL FOCUS""; ""LIBRARY |
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CONSIDERATIONS""; ""The Library as an Institution""; ""Economic Considerations""; ""Distributed Geolibraries and the Existing Library Institution"" |
""DATA, INFORMATION, AD KNOWLEDGE""""Intellectual Property Concerns""; ""Uses of Data, Information, and Knowledge""; ""ACCESS""; ""SUMMARY AND ADDITIONAL ISSUES""; ""4 Services and Functions""; ""LIBRARY SERVICES""; ""DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARY SERVICES""; ""THE NEED FOR DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARY SERVICES""; ""SERVICES AS COLLECTIONS OF FUNCTIONS""; ""NECESSARY DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARY FUNCTIONS""; ""Search by Geographical Location""; ""Search by Place Name""; ""Search by Subject Theme or Time Period""; ""Item Display and Description""; ""Collection Creation and Maintenance"" |
""Searching over Distributed Assets""""Integration, Analysis, and Manipulation""; ""Assisting Users""; ""Assessment and Feedback""; ""OPTIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARY SERVICES""; ""5 Building Distributed Geolibraries""; ""REQUIREMENTS""; ""Standards and Protocols""; ""Data Sets""; ""Georeferencing""; ""Cataloging""; ""Visualization""; ""Knowledge Construction""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS""; ""MEASURING PROGRESS""; ""6 Conclusions""; ""REVISITING THE RATIONALE FOR DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARIES""; ""DISTRIBUTED GEOLIBRARIES IN CONTEXT""; ""References"" |
""Appendixes""""Appendix A Workshop Participants""; ""NRC Staff""; ""Appendix B Contributed White Papers""; ""Appendix C Workshop Agenda Workshop on Distributed Geolibraries: Spatial Information Resources""; ""Appendix D Example Prototypes""; ""Microsoft's Terraserver (www.terraserver.com)""; ""MapQuest (www.mapquest.com)""; ""Environmental Protection Agency ZIP Code Search (www.epa.gov/enviro/zipcodejs.html)""; ""U.S. Bureau of the Census TIGER Map Server (tiger.census.gov)""; ""U.S. Geological Survey National Atlas (www.usgs.gov/atlas)""; ""MIT's Digital Orthophoto Server (ortho.mit.edu)"" |
""Alexandria Digital Library (alexandria.ucsb.edu)"" |
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