Spatial portals
Subtitle: gateways to geographic information
By: [authors, Winnie Tang and Jan Robert Selwood].
Contributors: Selwood, Jan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: ESRI Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Redlands, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Geographic information systems.; Spatial analysis (Statistics); Web portals.
Description: This book discusses spatial portals; Web sites designed to simplify searching, accessing, and using geographic information found on the World Wide Web. The author says that spatial portals have revolutionized how knowledge about the world is managed, stored, shared and used. He notes that "spatial portals allow us to access a network of information that spans the globe, discover information held by others, and present and share our own ideas, plans and solutions." -- from Introduction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.