Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data

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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data
http//www-rcf.usc.edu/philipje/LA_SDC/index.htm
via University Library Databases.
Philip J. Ethington History Department, LAS
Dowell Myers School of Policy, Planning and
Development
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
The Problem Spatial data are essential for
understanding metropolitan areas, but --GIS
data are complex and difficult to use. --Data
creation comes at great cost. --Sharing GIS data
is inefficient
Traditional Solutions --Contact colleague or
government agency --Receive data on tape, CD,
disc, or FTP --No accumulation of data
collections --No continuity --Poor or nonexistent
documentation
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
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Superior solution University libraries as
repositories of digital data. Permanent, stable,
efficient. Libraries as creators and regulators
of standards- based metadata Researchers as
suppliers of quality spatial data to
libraries Researchers refer fellow scholars to
library repositories
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
Research Data Pathway to Library Databases
LIBRARIANS AND IT PROS
RESEARCHERS
Load catalog records in general library
catalog Load compressed Zip files in
Digital Archive
Data creation under grant support
Consult with librarians for cataloging methods
Enter cataloging records, clean data, bundle,
and compress files for anonymous distribution.
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
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Sharing Spatially-Organized Urban Data Ethington
and Myers via University
Library Databases.
NEXT STEPS ISD/DIM/ARC Final Project
Evaluation for Los Angeles Spatial Data
Collection --DIM Load of 10 Datasets --Go
live by approx. December 2001 --Seek funding to
discover, catalog, and load additional Spatial
data sets