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1 online resource (xii, 143 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-121). |
| Summary |
Comprehensive and authoritative baseline geospatial data content is crucial to the nation and to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS founded its Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS) in 2006 to develop and distribute national geospatial data assets in a fast-moving information technology environment. In order to fulfill this mission, the USGS asked the National Research Council to assess current GIScience capabilities at the USGS, identify current and future needs for GIScience capabilities, recommend strategies for strengthening these capabilities and for collaborating with others to maximize research productivity, and make recommendations regarding the most effective research areas for CEGIS to pursue. With an initial focus on improving the capabilities of The National Map, the report recommends three priority research areas for CEGIS: information access and dissemination, data integration, and data models, and further identifies research topics within these areas that CEGIS should pursue. To address these research topics, CEGIS needs a sustainable research management process that involves a portfolio of collaborative research that balances short and long term goals. |
| Contents |
Front Matter; Acknowledgments; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 USGS Needs for GIScience Capabilities; 3 Research Priorities; 4 Realizing USGS's Vision for CEGIS; References; Appendixes; A Committee and Staff Biographies; B Meeting Participants and Presenters; C CEGIS as Envisioned by McMahon et al. (2005); D Details of CEGIS-Funded Activities in Fiscal Year 2007; E Acronyms and Abbreviations |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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Geographic information systems -- Research -- United States.
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Geographic information systems -- Research. |
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United States. |
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Geographic information systems. |
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Information storage and retrieval systems -- Research -- United States.
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Information storage and retrieval systems -- Research. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Research Priorities for the USGS Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science.
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| Other Form: |
Research agenda for geographic information science at the United States Geological Survey. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2007 0309111544 (OCoLC)183307209 |
| ISBN |
9780309111553 (electronic book) |
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0309111552 (electronic book) |
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0309111544 (paperback) |
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9780309111546 (paperback) |
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