Reconsidering the definition of a spatial data infrastructure

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1479-1494

  Hendriks, Paul H J ^a   Dessers, Ezra ^b   van Hootegem, Geert ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ashby; spatial data infrastructures SDI; spatially enabled societies

Indexed keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT; GIS; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 84864697524     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.639301     Document Type: Article

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