ESRI

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ESRI
ESRI
GEOSS A GIS Perspective
Questions Contact Simon Evans sevans_at_esri.com
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We Live in Two Worlds
Natural World
Human-Made World
Managed
Self-Regulating
. . . These Are Increasingly In Conflict
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Our World Is Facing Many Challenges

• Increasing
• Population
• Consumption
• Land Use
• Conflicts

• Declining
• Resources
• Diversity
• Natural Areas
• Security

. . .Geosciences and GIS . . .Are Becoming
Increasingly Important
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Solution GEOSS

• What
• To take the pulse of planet Earth.
• How
• Develop a ..well connected global integrated
  information and data management system.

• Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.

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GIS is Evolving
Geographic Knowledge
And Will Connect Everything
. . . This Will Provide A Global Problem Solving
Infrastructure
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GEOSS Impact on GIS

• Technology
• Web Services
• GRID/super- computing (e.g. GEON)
• GIS Portals
• Archive/Distribute/Access
• Process/Modeling

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GIS Portals

• GeoSpatial One-Stop http//www.geodata.gov
• NOS Data Explorer http//oceanservice.noaa.gov/dat
  aexplorer/
• European INSPIRE http//eu-geoportal.jrc.it/
• India National Spatial Data Infrastructure
• http//gisserver.nic.in/nsdiportal/gotogos.jsp\
• GEONgrid http//www.geongrid.org/

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GIS/GEOSS Applications
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GIS/GEOSS Applications