05033nam 2200637 a 450 991045593770332120200520144314.00-309-59334-40-585-07566-2(CKB)110986584752734(EBL)3376136(SSID)ssj0000140135(PQKBManifestationID)11147763(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140135(PQKBWorkID)10029954(PQKB)10290115(MiAaPQ)EBC3376136(Au-PeEL)EBL3376136(CaPaEBR)ebr10055130(OCoLC)923261454(EXLCZ)9911098658475273419990617d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDistributed 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 CouncilWashington, D.C. National Academy Pressc19991 online resource (136 p.)Compass seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-309-06540-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-96).""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 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)""Compass series (Washington, D.C.)Geographic information systemsUnited StatesCongressesDigital librariesUnited StatesCongressesDistributed databasesUnited StatesCongressesElectronic books.Geographic information systemsDigital librariesDistributed databases026.91MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455937703321Distributed geolibraries2123898UNINA