Geospatial information standards. A comparative study of approaches in the standardisation of geospatial information

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-24

  Albrecht, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Database schema; Interoperability; Modelling

Indexed keywords

GIS; STANDARDS;

EID: 0032978291     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(98)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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