The virtual map library: Providing access to Ordnance Survey digital map data via the WWW for the U.K. higher education community

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-45

  Medyckyj Scott, David ^a   Morris, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; FILE ORGANIZATION; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; INFORMATION SERVICES; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; VIRTUAL DIGITAL MAP LIBRARY; WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW);

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0030622871     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-9715(97)10006-0     Document Type: Article

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