Virtual Australia: Its key elements–know, think, communicate

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-87

  Thompson, B ^a   Chan, T O ^a   Slee, R ^b   Kinne, P ^c   Jahshan, A ^c   Woodgate, P ^d   Bishop, I ^d   McKenzie, D ^a  

^a Department of Sustainability and Environment ^*  (Australia)

^b ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Open Spatial Technologies Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Digital; Information; Innovation; Motes; Sensors; Spatial; Supranet; Virtual

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960911489     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538940701782551     Document Type: Article

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