Spatial Data Needs The Future of the National Mapping Program (1990) / Chapter Skim
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Most professions, disciplines, and organizations that have evolved to meet society's needs for all forms of information are affected by the ongoing technological revolution in information processing and communication. And the map, as a primary tool for meeting spatial or geographic information needs, is being supplemented and displaced by new computer-based tools that have come to be known as geographic information systems (GIS is the widely accepted abbreviation)
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This selection was made because of time constraints on the committee and because the committee felt that it was necessary to address user requirements and GIS involvement before research programs could be adequately addressed. Assessing USGS/NMD's mechanisms for establishing and meeting user requirements is, in this era of technological transformation, not nearly as straightforward a task as it might first appear.
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Chapter 3 describes the dramatic transformation that cartography, geographical analysis, and the more general process of spatial representation have undergone in recent decades. An attempt is made in Chapter 3 to specify the changes in user requirements that are a result of this technological transformation and to characterize possible NMD program and research responses to the challenge this user shift presents.
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