Developing Geographic Information Infrastructures: The Role of Information Policies

Book's description:

• Author: Bastiaan van Loenen
  
• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: IOS Press/Delft University Press (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9040726167
• ISBN-13: 978-9040726163
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches

Book's introduction:

The availability of information in information societies is a key issue that affects the entire society’s well-being. In the information age access to information has become of vital importance to the economic and social development of the nation. “The foundation of the information society is informationalism, which means that the defining activities in all realms of human practice are based on information technology, organized (globally) in information networks, and centred around information (symbol) processing”. Information technology has increased the availability and access to information. It allows us to access and share information in a relatively unfettered fashion across digital networks, ignoring jurisdictional borders.
The infrastructure underlying the foundation of an information society can be referred to as the information infrastructure, which is defined as the combination of computer and communication systems that serve as the underlying infrastructure for organizations, industries, and the economy. Since the information infrastructure provides the foundation of an information society, the development of this infrastructure and the way it functions are critical for society. An adequate information infrastructure allows for information to be collected efficiently (collect it once, use it many times) and provides reliable information for effective use in decision-making processes at all levels.

Amazon's description:

Within information societies, information availability is a key issue affecting society’s well being. A geographic information infrastructure (GII) is the underlying foundation of such a society with regards to geographic information.

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