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Spatial portals : gateways to geographic information
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Redlands, CA : ESRI Press, 2005
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9781589481312
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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

Forewordp. ix
Prefacep. x
Acknowledgmentsp. xii
Chapter 1 Introductionp. 2
Chapter 2 Building spatial portalsp. 12
Chapter 3 Geospatial One-Stop: Two clicks to contentp. 32
Chapter 4 Geo Norge: A national map portal for Norwayp. 50
Chapter 5 Transport Direct: Keeping Britain on the movep. 64
Chapter 6 MAPSTER: Managing the waters of the Canadian Pacificp. 82
Chapter 7 SCAN: Public health information in South Carolinap. 96
Chapter 8 12M portal: Managing U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet installationsp. 114
Chapter 9 GeoInfo One-Stop: Hong Kong's planning information portalp. 130
Chapter 10 Shell's global portals: Connecting a global enterprisep. 146
Afterwordp. 162
List of acronymsp. 166
Glossaryp. 168
Referencesp. 178