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Informationen zum Autor Richard Groot is a Professor of Geoinformatics Management and Infrastructure at the International Institute for Aerospace Surveys and Earth Sciences (ITC), Enschede, Netherlands. John Douglas McLaughlin is a Professor in the Department of Land Studies at the Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics and Engineering at the University of New Brunswick, Canada Klappentext This book provides a clear conceptual framework! consistent terminology! reference cases! and recommended practices for design! implementation! and management of GII. It is meant for professionals in higher education! practitioners faced with the design! implementation! and maintenance of GII in municipalities! other levels of government and private sector enterprise! as well as the international financial institutions involved with underwriting GII projects. Zusammenfassung The most significant cost element in GIS exploitation is the establishment and maintenance of the relevant standardized databases. This book aims to provide a clear conceptual framework, consistent terminology, reference cases, and recommended practices for standardization. Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Who wants a GDI?; 3. GDI from a legal perspective; 4. Funding an NGDI; 5. The role of standards in support of GDI; 6. Quality management in GDI; 7 ANTICIPATING CULTURAL FACTORS OF GDI; 8 THE FOUNDATION TECHNOLOGIES; 9 GDI ARCHITECTURES; 10 CONCEPTUAL TOOLS FOR SPECIFYING GEOSPATIAL DESCRIPTIONS; 11 SPATIAL REFERENCING; 12 PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING IN SUPPORT OF GDI; 13 ACCESS TO GDI AND THE FUNCTION OF VISUALIZATION TOOLS; 14 HUMAN RESOURCES ISSUES IN THE EMERGING GDI ENVIRONMENT; 15 FOUR CASES; 16 ADVANCING THE GDI CONCEPT
