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FORCES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF SPATIAL DATA
Pages 11-16

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... Although this chronology or time line (see Appendix D) was used more as a device to stimulate thinking and workshop participation than as a definitive exercise, it was analyzed subsequently by the committee to determine whether the historical driving forces that have most affected spatial data activities could be identified.
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From page 12...
... The peacetime economy has seen the diffusion of defense and intelligence technologies into the civilian sector, a particularly noteworthy example being the global positioning system, which was developed for military purposes but is now widely used as a cost-effective tool for determining geographic position. INTO THE FUTURE For the first workshop exercise, participants were divided into five small groups to produce lists offorces that might shape the future of spatial data activities by the year 2010.
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From page 13...
... Increasing emphasis on sustainability. Many of the roots of the concept of sustainability lie in the environmental awareness that emerged beginning in the 1960s, but the concept has been broadened significantly to "embrace the essential components of sustainable development: environmental health, economic prosperity, and social equity and well-being."*
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From page 15...
... As spatial information becomes embedded in widely applied information technologies and is increasingly accessible to the general public' new uses arid demands will change many of the current practices related to these concerns. PA similar emphasis on the emergence of community based governance enabled by spatial data and tools is given in the report of the "Congress on Applications of Geographic Information Systems to the Sustainability of Renewable Natural Resources," Renewable Resources Journal 14 (3)
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