| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 1434 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Foreword; Acknowledgement; Table of Contents; User Needs, Requirements and Technology Developments; Data Collection and Data Management; Data Integration and Knowledge Discovery; End-User Environments; Positioning and Location-Based Communication; Information Systems for Specific DM Applications |
| Summary |
Geo-information technology offers an opportunity to support disaster management: industrial accidents, road collisions, complex emergencies, earthquakes, fires, floods and similar catastrophes (for example the recent huge disaster with the Tsunami in South-East Asia on 26 December 2004). Access to needed information, facilitation of the interoperability of emergency services, and provision of high-quality care to the public are a number of the key requirements. Such requirements pose significant challenges for data management, discovery, translation, integration, visualization and communicatio |
| Notes |
Papers from the first International Symposium on Geo-information for Disaster Management, Delft, the Netherlands, 21-23 March 2005 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
OhioLINK electronic book center |
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SpringerLink |
| Subject |
Emergency management -- Data processing -- Congresses
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Emergency management -- Geographic information systems -- Congresses
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Emergency management -- Data processing.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oosterom, Peter van.
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Zlatanova, Siyka.
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Fendel, Elfriede M.
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| ISBN |
9783540274681 |
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3540274685 |
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3540249885 |
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9783540249887 |
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6610461961 |
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9786610461967 |
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