Project Leader:
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
EI Collaborators:
Robert Downs
Mark Becker
John Scialdone
Locations: United States of America
Description:
The project is investigating requirements for state and local government archivists, records managers, and other institutional recordkeepers to manage and preserve electronic records with significant geospatial components, especially those records generated by Geographic Information System (GIS) software. The project seeks to identify and recommend practical and appropriate policies, techniques, standards, and practices to manage geospatial electronic records (GERs) to support their long-term retention and dissemination and to facilitate their usability and utility as important information resources of significant historical interest.
EI Unit:
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Cross Cutting Themes:
Climate and Society
Core Disciplines:
Cross-Disciplinary
Project Web Site:
http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/ger/
Funding Agency:
National Historical Publications and Records Administration (NHPRC)
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