Developing a geoscience knowledge framework for a national geological survey organisation

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 820-835

  Howard, Andrew S ^a   Hatton, Bill ^a   Reitsma, Femke ^b   Lawrie, Ken I G ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D models; Cyber infrastructure; Geological mapping; Knowledge management; Ontology

Indexed keywords

CONTENT BASED RETRIEVAL; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; METADATA; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; ONTOLOGY;

3D MODELS; BEST PRACTICES; BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; CYBER-INFRASTRUCTURE; DATA AND INFORMATIONS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL MAPS; GEOSCIENCE; GLOBAL CHANGES; GRID-BASED; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; KNOWLEDGE ASSETS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE BASIS; KNOWLEDGE FRAMEWORKS; NATURAL HAZARDS; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SPATIAL INTERPRETATIONS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); WORK-FLOWS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DATA MANAGEMENT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM;

EID: 63149099159     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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