The Future of Spatial Data and Society - Summary of a Workshop

Public and private institutions are committing resources and making important long-term decisions concerning the collection, management, and use of spatial data. Although these actions are influenced by current pressures, priorities, and opportunities, their ultimate success depends on how these spatial data activities will be relevant to future needs and demands.
The Mapping Science Committee, in cooperation with the Federal Geographic Data Committee, convened a workshop in April 1996 to examine societal and technological changes that might occur within the next 15 years. The purpose was to consider within the context of spatial data activities a series of long-term visions and to identify societal forces and changes that would make those visions more or less likely. The workshop provided a framework for thinking about the future of U.S. spatial data activities.

Product details

• Authors: Commission on Geosciences Environment an, Commission on Geosciences Environment and Resources, Division On Earth And Life Studies, Mapping Science Committee, National Research Council
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.05.1997
• EAN: 9780309057356
• ISBN: 978-0-309-05735-6
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Compass Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches