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This book is for anyone
who has logged onto the Internet and wondered at the ease of
gathering so much information about any topic in so little time.
For GIS professionals, Spatial Portals outlines the opportunities,
developments, challenges, and issues that are impacting the
geospatial industry and altering system design, development, and
management strategies.
In a world filled with
ever-increasing amounts of information, spatial portals are
revolutionizing the way we manage, find, share, and use geographic
knowledge, from the local level to the world stage. Responding to
natural disasters, choosing new store locations, identifying
dangerous intersections, and developing new power stations are all
increasingly the realm of this powerful technology that links
information providers with information users. Spatial portals help
us search for and access networks of relevant information held by
local, state, and federal governments, and other organizations
spanning the globe. In doing so, portals help us quickly evaluate
options and make better decisions that can save time, money, and
even lives. Filled with reader-friendly case studies, examples, and
visual displays, Spatial Portals: Gateways to Geographic
Information offers students, public officials, business
leaders, and other decision-makers an overview of this rapidly
evolving field in the context of geographic information systems
(GIS).
About the
authors:
Dr. Winnie
Tang is CEO of ESRI China
(Hong Kong) Ltd. and is widely recognized as a leader of the Asian
GIS industry. She holds a doctoral degree in GIS from the
University of Hong Kong, regularly lectures at universities in the
region, and serves as an advisor to a wide variety of geographic,
technology, and conservation organizations in Asia. She is the
co-author of Connecting
Our World: GIS Web Services, and Spatial
Portals: Gateways to Geographic Information
Jan
Selwood is an independent GIS
consultant based in Japan who has worked extensively for more than
a decade in Europe and Asia developing and managing GIS projects
for a wide range of clients and applications. He holds a Masters
Degree in Geographical Information Systems from the University of
Edinburgh. He is the co-author of Connecting
Our World: GIS Web Services, and Spatial
Portals: Gateways to Geographic Information
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