Metadata
What is metadata and why is it important to document GIS data? Metadata is an important, but unfortunately oft overlooked component of GIS data. Metadata is ‘data about the data’ and it’s vital to understanding to source, currency, scale, and appropriateness of using GIS data.
GeoBriefs: Please Rob Me, ESRI in the Cloud, Plea for Metadata
Dutch developers created a stir with their web site “Please Rob Me” that uses information gleaned from the popular online game Foursquare to determine when … Read more