Building European Spatial Data Infrastructures - Softcover

Masser, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589482662 ISBN 13: 9781589482661

Publisher: ESRI Press, 2010

Synopsis

The second edition of Building European Spatial Data Infrastructures explores the efforts of the European Union to create a framework for a multinational infrastructure for spatial information in Europe (INSPIRE) to exploit the myriad opportunities created by modern GIS technologies. While offering an overview of the innovative activities being performed by public and private sectors to comply with the INSPIRE Directive, the book explains the rationale and the processes involved in SDI development and implementation.|The second edition of Building European Spatial Data Infrastructures explores the efforts of the European Union to create a framework for a multinational infrastructure for spatial information in Europe (INSPIRE) to exploit the myriad opportunities created by modern GIS technologies. While offering an overview of the innovative activities being performed by public and private sectors to comply with the INSPIRE Directive, the book explains the rationale and the processes involved in SDI development and implementation.

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About the Author

Ian Masser is a former professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Masser has served as chairman of the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE), president of the European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information (EUROGI), and president of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association. He has authored eighteen books, seven of which relate to GIS.

Edition details

• Publisher: ESRI Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589482662
• ISBN 13: 9781589482661
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 112