Download or read book Building Databases for Global Science written by International Geographical Union. Global Database Planning Project. Meeting and published by London : Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1988 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the first meeting of the International Geographic Union Global Database Planning Project, held at Tylney Hall, Hampshire, UK, May 1988. Summarizes current work of national and international agencies responsible for environmental monitoring and modelling. Examines the philosophical, methodological, technical, legal and organizational problems associated with running these databases; defines the shortcomings and advantages of selected data sources; presents an overview of future developments. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR