Provide a model for accessing diverse datasets using those datasets contained in NIMA legacy systems. Provide an outline of work necessary to prototype the universal database interface on diverse systems. Provide proof of concept by showing how each of the systems would be integrated with the universal interface. Identify standards necessary to effect universal access and a commercialization strategy. Demonstrate integration and interoperability with the simultaneous search of multiple databases and consolidation of search results against copies of several different types of databases.
Many university libraries have large map collections.
Some are building digital collections as well as geospatially-referenced collections.