Semantic interoperability: A central issue for sharing geographic information

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-232

  Harvey, Francis ^a   Kuhn, Werner ^b   Pundt, Hardy ^b   Bishr, Yaser ^b   Riedemann, Catharina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; GIS; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0032788345     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001680050102     Document Type: Article

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