Geographic Information Organization, Access, and Use /

• Main Authors: Bishop, Wade (Author), Grubesic, Tony H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Geography,
• Subjects: Geography.; Database management.; Information storage and retrieval.; Geographical information systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Database Management.; Information Storage and Retrieval.

This book explores both the background and present challenges facing the preservation of geographic information (GI) focusing on the roles of librarians, archivists, data scientists, and other information professionals in the creation of GI records; geospatial data discovery, geographic information...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Geographic Information, Maps, and GIS
• 0◦ : A Primer on Geographic Representation
• Policy
• Metadada
• Geoweb
• Discovery and Fitness for Use
• Meeting Information Needs
• Data Lifecycle
• Education.