Access to Marine Data on the Internet for CZM
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that has helped to move microcomputers into both the workplace and the home in a very
short space of time, which has affected nearly everyone; the way in which they work,
the way in which they source information, where they find it, accessibility to a wide
range of different information that can be copied, cut and pasted into documents and
reports, can be reworked, and transmitted to many others. However, there are still a
number of problems, concerns and stumbling blocks, particularly for the widespread use
of the Internet as the basis for information systems.
Concerns
There is the question of being able to find and locate both data and information. Helped
by the various search engines e.g. Aha Vista, Yahoo, Lycos, Google (Fig. 5), Excite,
and Hotbot, virtually anyone can find information based on the use of one or more
keywords. Searches can also be made within a website which are also sometimes
helpful. Unfortunately, searching the Internet can also lead to diverting attention away
from the original quest for specific information. One is guided only by the short text
description that is returned in the search listing. Whilst all this is very useful sometimes,
at other times it is somewhat annoying to have to search hundreds of
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that has helped to move microcomputers into both the workplace and the home in a very
short space of time, which has affected nearly everyone; the way in which they work,
the way in which they source information, where they find it, accessibility to a wide
range of different information that can be copied, cut and pasted into documents and
reports, can be reworked, and transmitted to many others. However, there are still a
number of problems, concerns and stumbling blocks, particularly for the widespread use
of the Internet as the basis for information systems.
Concerns
There is the question of being able to find and locate both data and information. Helped
by the various search engines e.g. Aha Vista, Yahoo, Lycos, Google (Fig. 5), Excite,
and Hotbot, virtually anyone can find information based on the use of one or more
keywords. Searches can also be made within a website which are also sometimes
helpful. Unfortunately, searching the Internet can also lead to diverting attention away
from the original quest for specific information. One is guided only by the short text
description that is returned in the search listing. Whilst all this is very useful sometimes,
at other times it is somewhat annoying to have to search hundreds of