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Infrastructure for the New Geography

A new physical-digital landscape is emerging, linking places and spaces to unprecedented amounts of information. The infrastructure that will enable this new landscape—the emerging geoweb—is actually a rich ecology, including technologies, policies, data repositories, and skill sets. This memo describes the emerging ecology—what it is, why it's important, who the key players are, and what future developments to expect.

[SR-869]

Publication Date

August 2004

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    Infrastructure for the New Geography [SR-869]

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