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2. Geodata and Geoinformatics

verfasst von : Joseph Awange, John Kiema

Erschienen in: Environmental Geoinformatics

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Understanding the characteristics of and possibilities in using geodata is premised on proper comprehension of the underlying concepts of space, time and scale, contextualized within the Earth’s framework. Although these concepts are used in everyday parlance, often without much afterthought, they are not trivial at all. For instance, looking back throughout the entire history of mankind, the concepts of space and time have been the subject of animated philosophical, religious and scientific debates. In this section, we attempt to present a background of each of these dimensions of geodata, both independently and collectively, as well as highlight their relevance in influencing the character of geodata.

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Fußnoten
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In a speech prepared for the California Science Center in Los Angeles on January 31, 1998, Gore described a digital future where school children - indeed all the world’s citizens - could interact with a computer-generated three-dimensional spinning virtual globe and access vast amounts of scientific and cultural information to help them understand the Earth and its human activities.
 
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Ratified on September 12, 2009 at the 6th international symposium on digital earth in Beijing, Peoples Republic of China.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Geodata and Geoinformatics
verfasst von
Joseph Awange
John Kiema
Copyright-Jahr
2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03017-9_2