The GIS guide to public domain data / Joseph J. Kerski, Jill Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kerski, Joseph J., author.

Clark, Jill, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geospatial data.

Public domain--Geographic information systems.

Public domain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 372 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps

Distribution:

[La Vergne, Tennessee] : Ingram Publisher Services, [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

Redlands, California : Esri Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The GIS Guide to Public Domain Data gives users of geographic information systems (GIS) relevant information about the sources and quality of available public domain spatial data. Readers will understand how to find, evaluate, and analyze data to solve location-based problems. This guide covers practical issues such as copyrights, cloud computing, online data portals, volunteered geographic information, and international data. Supplementary exercises are available online to help put the concepts into practice. Students, researchers, and professionals will find The GIS Guide to Public Domain Data a useful desk companion to help them navigate the world of spatial data in the public domain.

Contents:

1. Spatial data and the public domain

2. Spatial data models, vector data, and data quality

3. Raster data and privacy issues

4. Spatial data: True cost and local access

5. National and state data portals and metadata standards

6. International spatial data infrastructures

7. Putting public domain spatial data to work

8. The data user as data provider

9. Public domain data on the cloud

10. The future of public domain data in GIS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-48764-X

1-58948-317-0

9786613582874

OCLC:

893682433