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Summary
Summary
Outlining the opportunities, developments, challenges, and issues that are impacting the geospatial industry, this guide discusses system design alterations, development, and management strategies for GIS professionals. Spatial portals and how they are revolutionizing the way people manage, find, share, and use geographic knowledge--from the local level to the world stage--are discussed. The manner in which spatial portals help people search for and access networks of relevant information held by local, state, and federal governments, and other organizations is also covered.
Author Notes
Winnie Tang is the founder and CEO of ESRI China (Hong Kong) Limited and is widely recognized as one of the leaders of the Asian IT industry
Jan Selwood is an independent GIS consultant based in Japan
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. x |
Acknowledgments | p. xii |
Chapter 1 Introduction | p. 2 |
Chapter 2 Building spatial portals | p. 12 |
Chapter 3 Geospatial One-Stop: Two clicks to content | p. 32 |
Chapter 4 Geo Norge: A national map portal for Norway | p. 50 |
Chapter 5 Transport Direct: Keeping Britain on the move | p. 64 |
Chapter 6 MAPSTER: Managing the waters of the Canadian Pacific | p. 82 |
Chapter 7 SCAN: Public health information in South Carolina | p. 96 |
Chapter 8 12M portal: Managing U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet installations | p. 114 |
Chapter 9 GeoInfo One-Stop: Hong Kong's planning information portal | p. 130 |
Chapter 10 Shell's global portals: Connecting a global enterprise | p. 146 |
Afterword | p. 162 |
List of acronyms | p. 166 |
Glossary | p. 168 |
References | p. 178 |