Scientific geodata infrastructures: Challenges, approaches and directions

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 613-633

  Bernard, Lars ^a   Mäs, Stephan ^a   Müller, Matthias ^a   Henzen, Christin ^a   Brauner, Johannes ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

e science; geospatial cyberinfrastructure; scientific geodata infrastructure; sharing environmental models; spatial data infrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYBER INFRASTRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; GEO-DATA; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE;

E-SCIENCE;

DIGITAL MAPPING; EARTH SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GIS; INFRASTRUCTURE; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 84902955580     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2013.781244     Document Type: Article

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