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The Geospatial Web. How Geo-browsers, Social Software and the Web 2.0 are Shaping the Network Society.
. Ed(S): Scharl, Arno; Tochtermann, Klaus
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Description for The Geospatial Web. How Geo-browsers, Social Software and the Web 2.0 are Shaping the Network Society.
Hardback. Emphasizes the applications and implications of the Geospatial Web and the role of contextual knowledge in shaping the emerging network society. This title focuses on applied geospatial aspects. Editor(s): Scharl, Arno; Tochtermann, Klaus. Series: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing. Num Pages: 310 pages, 93 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
The most important attribute of geospatial platforms is their unique potential to aggregate a multitude of public and private geographic data sets, providing access to data from government agencies, industry and the general public. NASA and other organizations have a wealth of planetary science data – representing the output from thousands of satellites in earth-orbit, and from dozens of costly missions to other planets. Benefits derived from both the data and visual interfaces to access the data represent a significant return on investment for the public. Integrating geospatial data with semantic and collaborative Web technology multiplies the public benefits and ... Read more
The most important attribute of geospatial platforms is their unique potential to aggregate a multitude of public and private geographic data sets, providing access to data from government agencies, industry and the general public. NASA and other organizations have a wealth of planetary science data – representing the output from thousands of satellites in earth-orbit, and from dozens of costly missions to other planets. Benefits derived from both the data and visual interfaces to access the data represent a significant return on investment for the public. Integrating geospatial data with semantic and collaborative Web technology multiplies the public benefits and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Series
Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846288265
SKU
V9781846288265
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Reviews for The Geospatial Web. How Geo-browsers, Social Software and the Web 2.0 are Shaping the Network Society.
From the reviews: "The Geospatial Web is an edited volume of 25 chapters, which attempts to bring together the academic research on Geospatial web technologies and provide an up-to-date review of this fast moving discipline. … would suit postgraduate students who have the knowledge to be selective: picking out chapters of particular relevance." (Ed. Parsons, ... Read more