Framework for the world

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Framework for the world

edited by David Rhind

GeoInformation International , J. Wiley & Sons, 1997

  • : uk
  • : us

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Drawn from the Cambridge Conference for National Mapping Agencies, this book sets forth the future of the geographical structure across the world. This book describes the activities of selected National Mapping Organizations and assesses how technological changes and national variations in policy are affecting mapping and the geographical framework worldwide. This book describes what has happened to it and anticipates what is coming next.

Table of Contents

  • Partial table of contents:
  • Topographic Mapping in the Twenty--First Century (J. Morrison).
  • BUILDING THE NATIONAL FRAMEWORKS.
  • Mapping for the Reconstruction of South Africa (D. Clarke).
  • Mapping in Russia: The Present Stage of Development (N. Zhdanov).
  • THE GLOBAL FRAMEWORK AND USER NEEDS.
  • The Military as Users and Producers of Global Spatial Data (R. Lenczowski).
  • BEYOND MAPPING: INTERNATIONAL TRENDS AFFECTING NATIONAL MAPPING ORGANIZATIONS.
  • New Technology and Its Impact on the Framework for the World (C. Calvert, et al.).
  • The Australian National Spatial Data Infrastructure (D. Mooney & D. Grant).
  • Geographical Data Infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific (D. Mohamed).
  • RE--INVENTING GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL MAPPING ORGANIZATIONS.
  • The French Approach (J. Grelot).
  • Merger, Government Firms, and Privatization?: The New Swedish Approach (U. Sandgren).
  • Epilogue: Where Next for the Framework and the National Mapping Organizations?
  • About the Authors.
  • Indexes.

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