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Download full textJaffarian, Michael – Research-publishing.net, 2014
This chapter consists of a short history of the impact of computer technology on Christian evangelical mission research from the 1970's to the present. The trail winds through World Vision, MARC, the "World Christian Encyclopedia," "Operation World," SIL, OC International, DAWN, Global Mapping International, the AD2000 and…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Christianity, Religious Education
Van Horn, Royal – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
The Internet was designed as an open system that promoted the two-way flow of information. In other words, everything that is sent has a return address called an IP or Internet Protocol address of the form: 000.11.222.33. Whenever you connect to a website, the site learns your IP address. It also learns the type of computer you are using, the…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Social Networks, Internet, Privacy
Peer reviewedAndrews, Sona Karentz; Grozik, John – Library Hi Tech, 1994
Provides an overview of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Interactive Multimedia Cartography Project to create an interactive videodisc that would illustrate the topic of mapping and provide access to examples of cartography from the American Geographical Society Collection. (JLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cartography, Databases, Grants
Peer reviewedMorehead, Joe – Reference Librarian, 1999
Discusses geographic naming with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. Highlights include the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) online database; United States Geological Survey (USGS) national mapping information; the USGS-Microsoft connection; and panoramic maps and the small LizardTech company. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cartography, Computer Software, Databases, Geographic Location
Orion Afield: Working for Nature and Community, 1999
Examples from Web sites depict how state agencies, nonprofit advocacy groups, and educational institutions are finding new applications for geographic information systems (GIS) and ways to increase access to GIS technology and the data needed for GIS projects. Describes the New York State Data Sharing Cooperative, Chesapeake Bay Program, New York…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agency Cooperation, Cartography, Databases
Franklin, Carl; Hane, Paula – Database, 1992
Discusses the impact of computerization of maps on access to business and government information that may be geographically referenced and the emergence of a new field, Geographic Information Management (GIM). Applications of hypertext/hypermedia in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are described, and software available for workstations and…
Descriptors: Atlases, Cartography, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Attfield, Ian; Tamiru, Mathewos; Parolin, Bruno; De Grauwe, Anton – 2002
This book contains reports of two projects--one in Ethiopia, one in Palestine--that integrated a Geographical Information System (GIS) into the educational planning process. (A GIS is a computer program that combines two databases: numerical data such as traditional data on schools, teachers, and students; and geographic data such as the location…
Descriptors: Cartography, Change Strategies, Databases, Educational Development
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on geography and map libraries and a paper on European access to biomedical databases, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "History and Current Status of the Globe Museum of the Austrian National Library" by Franz Wawrik (Austria); (2) "Earth…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Cartography, Cataloging, Databases
