2004 UC Proceedings Abstract

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Connecting Our World: GIS Web Services
Track: New Technology and System Integration
Author(s): Winnie Tang, Jan Selwood, Paul Hoi Yuen Tsui

GIS Web services combine two powerful enabling technologies - GIS bringing together, integrating, analyzing, and the Web providing global connectivity. The result is exciting. Data and analytical tools are shared in new ways, found more easily, integrated more freely by a user community that is growing exponentially. They are creating what Jack Dangermond has sometimes called "the nervous system of this spaceship Earth", a fundamental information or knowledge network that supports the husbandry of our planet. Illustrated by a series of international case studies, this paper explores the technology, requirements, and opportunities that are involved in this rapidly evolving field.

Winnie Tang
Esri China (Hong Kong) Limited
Level 10, Cyberport 2,
100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong nil
HK
Phone: (852) 2730 6883
Fax: (852) 2730 3772
E-mail: dip@Esrichina-hk.com

Jan Selwood
Esri China (Hong Kong) Limited
Level 10, Cyberport 2
100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong nil
HK
Phone: 852 2730 6883
Fax: 852 2730 3772
E-mail: dip@Esrichina-hk.com

Paul Hoi Yuen Tsui