Geospatial Information and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): An Overview for Congress

Folger, Peter

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Geographic information systems;    Geospatial Information System;    Geospacial inforamtion systems;   

RP-ID  :  R41825
RP-ID  :  R41825_2011May18

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The report discusses issues that may be of interest to Congress-managing, sharing, and coordinating geospatial information-and includes examples of legislation. The report also summarizes a diverse set of recommendations and proposals from different non-governmental organizations for how to improve the coordination and management of geospatial information at the federal and state levels.