CoastGIS’99: geomatics and coastal environment
- improving inputs from local users and access to local knowledge (as
well as data and information) are vital components of information
exchange networks. It is essential to link the information and knowledge expertise of non-governmental organizations and networks with
those of governments and intergovernmental agencies (Info-Coast’99,
1999).
All three of the above concerns can be addressed by improvements in
the ability to locate, access, process and disseminate coastal zone information on a wider basis, in forms and formats appropriate to the endusers and to their level of skill and technology. The Internet and Web
play key roles in enhancing our (eventual) ability to tackle all three
of the problems stated above. GIS and other spatially enabled tools,
whether for analysis or simply clata visualization, also play key roles.
GIS is an integral part of the coastal zone information management and
dissemination task. Indeed, nearly all coastal zone information has a
spatial component. How are we in the coastal zone community responding
to or participating in the GIS and spatial data debates? Is ignorance of
the issues and solutions being proposed elsewhere in the information
industry still one of our main problems?
Bibliographic references
Info-Coast’99, 1999. Executive Summary, 1 St European Symposium
on Knowledge and Information Management for the Coastal Zone.
Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, February 1999.
Landes S., 1999. Access to virtual worlds via Internet. GIM International, January 1999, 13,76-79.
McKee L., 1999. Web Mapping Testbed Demonstration. Open GIS
Consortium, Wayland, MA, USA, OGC Press Release, September 1999.
NOAA, 1999- NOAA Coastal Shoreline Website - http://www.csc.noaa.
gov/shoreline/.
Plewe B., 1 997. GIS On-line: Information Retrieval, Mapping and the
Internet. Onword Press, 312 p.
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- improving inputs from local users and access to local knowledge (as
well as data and information) are vital components of information
exchange networks. It is essential to link the information and knowledge expertise of non-governmental organizations and networks with
those of governments and intergovernmental agencies (Info-Coast’99,
1999).
All three of the above concerns can be addressed by improvements in
the ability to locate, access, process and disseminate coastal zone information on a wider basis, in forms and formats appropriate to the endusers and to their level of skill and technology. The Internet and Web
play key roles in enhancing our (eventual) ability to tackle all three
of the problems stated above. GIS and other spatially enabled tools,
whether for analysis or simply clata visualization, also play key roles.
GIS is an integral part of the coastal zone information management and
dissemination task. Indeed, nearly all coastal zone information has a
spatial component. How are we in the coastal zone community responding
to or participating in the GIS and spatial data debates? Is ignorance of
the issues and solutions being proposed elsewhere in the information
industry still one of our main problems?
Bibliographic references
Info-Coast’99, 1999. Executive Summary, 1 St European Symposium
on Knowledge and Information Management for the Coastal Zone.
Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, February 1999.
Landes S., 1999. Access to virtual worlds via Internet. GIM International, January 1999, 13,76-79.
McKee L., 1999. Web Mapping Testbed Demonstration. Open GIS
Consortium, Wayland, MA, USA, OGC Press Release, September 1999.
NOAA, 1999- NOAA Coastal Shoreline Website - http://www.csc.noaa.
gov/shoreline/.
Plewe B., 1 997. GIS On-line: Information Retrieval, Mapping and the
Internet. Onword Press, 312 p.
42