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--- Allan Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:24 AM, Tim Bowden wrote: > > > I'm looking for examples of large(ish?) spatial > metadata systems that > > have either been successful or have tanked (ok, > that should open the > > field up a little). If you are able to point me > in the direction of > > such (along with any ideas as to why it was > successful or not), that > > would be great. Note, I'm specifically not > looking at metadata tools. > > Just projects that tried to implement such a > system. > > It's not always easy to separate metadata from the > catalog systems > that employ the metadata. I think it's safe to say > that hundreds of > millions of dollars have been spent worldwide on > earth observation > metadata systems. > > Here are some pointers and pointers to pointers: > > http://www.esdswg.org/spg/docindexfolder/heritage/STSUM_brief > http://geoconnections.org/publications/Technical_Manual/html_e/appendix_1-8.html > http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home > http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/nomads.php > http://www.echo.eos.nasa.gov/ > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel4/6000/16049/00744504.pdf?isnumber=&arnumber=744504 > > In terms of success, that's a bit trickier... the > holy grail of > spatial search has not been found... > > Allan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
