The Basin of Mexico Hydrogeological Database (BMHDB): Implementation, queries and interaction with open source software

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 1271-1279

  Carrera Hernandez J J ^a,b   Gaskin, S J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater management; Mexico City; Open source software; Spatial database

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; OPEN SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATABASE;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFER; BASIN; DATABASE; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 44749089460     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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