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Governments and geographic information /
Modern geographic information systems technology has transformed spatial data handling capabilities and made it necessary for governments to rethink their roles with respect to the supply and availability of geographic information.; The nature of the relationship between governments and geographic i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Bristol, PA :
Taylor & Francis,
©1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Modern geographic information systems technology has transformed spatial data handling capabilities and made it necessary for governments to rethink their roles with respect to the supply and availability of geographic information.; The nature of the relationship between governments and geographic information is explored in this book from a number of different conceptual positions with reference to the experiences of Britain, the Netherlands, Austria and the United States and particularly with respect to the development of national geographic information strategies.; The book examines the role that can be played both directly through a variety of policy initiatives and also indirectly because of the extent to which they create the broader institutional context within which these are developed and implemented. The discussion is divided into three main parts. The first of these considers what is Special About Geographic Information And Evaluates The Notion Of geographic information from four different standpoints - as a resource, a commodity, an asset and an infrastructure.;; The second part presents the findings from four case studies of national geographic information strategies, while the final section evaluates these experiences with a view to identifying what general lessons can be learnt from them. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 121 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-115) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203212878 9780203212875 1280050241 9781280050244 9780748407897 0748407898 9780748407064 0748407065 9786610050246 6610050244 1482267896 9781482267891 042917733X 9780429177330 |