Using Remote Sensing in State and Local Government
Using Remote Sensing in State and Local Government

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2003-03-12

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 0309168325

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Advances in spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution over the past several years have greatly expanded opportunities for practical applications of remote sensing data. To explore the implications of these possibilities, the NRC held a series of three workshops on different facets of remote sensing applications. This report is on the third of those workshops: the development and use of remote sensing data and information by state, local, and regional governments. The steering committee was asked to examine the opportunities, potential challenges, and policy issues associated with the application of remote sensing data in the public sector including approaches and procedures for government agencies to use such data and barriers to development and use of the applications. The resulting report is addressed primarily to non-technical managers and decisions makers at all levels of government below the federal level.

Privatizing Government Information
Privatizing Government Information

Author: Kathleen M. Eisenbeis

Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Eisenbeis (Universities Space Research Association, Washington, DC) describes the developing field of information policy and places the study of Landsat within the contexts of public policy, information, and library science research. She analyzes the failure of the US congress to stop the privatization initiative of the Reagan administration, and discusses the consequences regarding the ability of US academic geographers to use Landsat data. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR