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What’s Holding Up the Development of Georeferenced DLs? (Panel 1)
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What’s Holding Up the Development of Georeferenced DLs? (Panel 1)
Michael Freeston7 and Linda L. Hill8
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Department of Computer Science King’s College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK |
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Alexandria Digital Library Project Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA |
Abstract
The implementation of georeferenced digital library technologies in the collection development efforts of various subject
domains has been slow in advancing beyond the original geographic and map collections. The panel members will speak from the
experience of georeferencing applications in specific subject domains and discuss the issues presented by georeferencing -
including aspects of cognition (understanding of the meaning and usefulness of geospatial searching, display, and evaluation),
culture (established ways of doing things and identification of geospatial indexing solely with GIS), technologies (e.g.,
geospatial search functionality and representation of spatial location), and funding (magnitude and availability of funding
needed to georeference objects and redesign systems). The session will provide a significant segment of time for discussion
among the audience and panelists. The aim is to generate a good exchange of ideas and get closer to understanding the barriers
to wide spread integration of georeferencing in DL application domains.
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