Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Thesaurus Geographicus
Author: Geographic Thesaurus
Author: University of Tulsa. Information Services DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Thesaurus Geographicus
Author: Thesaurus Geographicus
Author: Geoscience Information
Author: A.P. HarveyPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 940117444X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The International Conference on Geological Information represents the first major attempt to bring together geoscience information specialists from allover the world. The purpose of the conference was to assess the current state-of the-art in geoscience information from both the regional and functional point of view. It was hoped that the conference could take steps to bring about increased international cooperation and collaboration in the field of geological information. The papers ranged over the whole spec trum of documentation from primary publishing back to the user, including data. Perhaps a keyword for the conference might be "cooperation". The idea of, and need for, cooperation was stressed in almost every talk. The final panel session was devoted to a discussion on the formation of a proposed International Association for Geological Information. Despite the growing pressure on information managers, stimulated by increasing international activities in geology, the global perspective of plate tectonics and worldwide concern for the availability of non-renewable resources, there does not exist an international organisation specifi cally concerned with geological information. Delegates agreed that there was no need for a new professional society of individuals but that a federation or similar organisation might be desirable. In the final session it became apparent that if the geological information community is to make the best use of all the systems and developments available there is very clearly a need to know what exists in all these areas at present. An urgent task is to identify these systems.
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Author: Steven J. MillerPublisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838947484
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
"This authoritative manual introduces readers to fundamental concepts and practices in a style accessible to beginners and LIS students as well as experienced practitioners with little formal metadata training"--
Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies
Author: Patricia HarpringPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 160606018X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This detailed book is a “how-to” guide to building controlled vocabulary tools, cataloging and indexing cultural materials with terms and names from controlled vocabularies, and using vocabularies in search engines and databases to enhance discovery and retrieval online. Also covered are the following: What are controlled vocabularies and why are they useful? Which vocabularies exist for cataloging art and cultural objects? How should they be integrated in a cataloging system? How should they be used for indexing and for retrieval? How should an institution construct a local authority file? The links in a controlled vocabulary ensure that relationships are defined and maintained for both cataloging and retrieval, clarifying whether a rose window and a Catherine wheel are the same thing, or how pot-metal glass is related to the more general term stained glass. The book provides organizations and individuals with a practical tool for creating and implementing vocabularies as reference tools, sources of documentation, and powerful enhancements for online searching.
Fundamentals of Spatial Information Systems
Author: Robert LauriniPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0124383807
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
The study and application of spatial information systems have been developed primarily from the use of computers in the geosciences. These systems have the principle functions of capturing, storing, representing, manipulating, and displaying data in 2-D and 3-D worlds. This book approaches its subject from the perspectives of informatics and geography, presenting methods of conceptual modeling developed in computer science that provide valuable aids for resolving spatial problems. This book is an essential textbook for both students and practitioners. It is indispensable for academic geographers, computer scientists, and the GIS professional. Serves as the first comprehensive textbook on the field of Spatial Information Systems (also known as Geographic Information Systems) Contains extensive illustrations Presents numerous detailed examples
Thesaurus geographicus
Author: An Architectural View of Spatial Data Infrastructures
Author: Rubén BéjarPublisher: Universidad de Zaragoza
ISBN: 8415538812
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Las infraestructuras de datos espaciales son grandes sistemas de información distribuidos en Internet, basados en estándares abiertos y que permiten compartir y usar datos cuya localización es importante, como carreteras, imágenes de satélite y aéreas, negocios y lugares de interés turístico, mapas de ruido y contaminación, callejeros o datos demográficos. Este libro presenta una aproximación basada en arquitecturas de sistemas de información distribuidos para especificar y documentar infraestructuras de datos espaciales y facilitar así su desarrollo y análisis.