HR: 1340h
AN: IN13A-0895    [Abstracts]
TI: GIS: It's Not About the Map
AU: * Habermann, T
EM: Ted.Habermann@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, E/GC 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328, United States
AU: Cartwright, J
EM: John.C.Cartwright@noaa.gov
AF: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, University of Colorado, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0216, United States
AU: Fox, C G
EM: Christopher.G.Fox@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, E/GC 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328, United States
AB: Geographic Information Systems have evolved considerably over the last decade and new focus areas have emerged. Data storage has evolved from proprietary file formats to spatial databases that integrate spatial objects and operators into the powerful foundation of relational databases. This has been accompanied by increased openness of geospatial tool source code and data, reflected in widely used open-source tools and international attention on geospatial standards for metadata, data, and services. The scientific community is playing an increasing role in partnerships supported by these standards and shared data. As these partnerships broaden more scientific data will be available to the geospatial community. NGDC is participating in these developments by integrating spatial databases and geospatial tools and services into our archive processes and access methods.
UR: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/maps
DE: 0525 Data management
DE: 0530 Data presentation and visualization
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting