Why 'where' matters
Subtitle: understanding and profiting from GPS, GIS, and remote sensing : practical advice for individuals, communities, companies and countries
By: Bob Ryerson and Stan Aronoff
Contributors: Aronoff, Stanley
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Kim Geomatics Corp.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Manotick, ON
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780986637605; 9780979719806
Subjects: Geospatial data; Economic aspects; Social aspects; Global Positioning System; Geographic information systems; Remote sensing
Description: "This book is written for the individual, business person, communities and governments (politicians and bureacrats) everywhere who want to become or remain successful in the new economic era that we have just entered which is driven by and dependent on geospatial or geographic information." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-346) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction to the geoeconomy; title: Geospatial knowledge : key to survival; title: Now!; title: Convergence and societal impacts of geographic information in the geoeconomy : today; title: Future societal and environmnental trends driving the need for geo-information use and technologies; title: Gaining the geo-advantage; title: Conclusion.