World Spatial Metadata Standards
Subtitle: Scientific and Technical Characteristics, and Full Descriptions with Crosstable (International Cartographic Association)
Publisher: Pergamon
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 710
ISBN-13: 9780080439495
Subjects: Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS); Travel - General; Metadata; Geography; Science; Surveying; Science/Mathematics; Standards; Earth Sciences - General; General; Science / Earth Sciences; Geographic information systems; Information storage and retrie; Information storage and retrieval systems
First sentence: Traditionally, geographic information was produced and used by the geo-spatial community, such as experts in specialised fields as geography, cartography, geodesy, photogram-metry, remote sensing, bathymetry, hydrography, geology, soils, physical planning, architecture, etc.