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DIGEST A Primer for the International GIS Standard (Mapping Science) [Hardcover]

Kelly Chan (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1566702410 | ISBN-13: 978-1566702416 | Publication Date: June 25, 1998 | Edition: 1

DIGEST is the Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard for interoperability and compatibility among national and multinational systems and users. It is a standard based on the Vector Product Format (VPF), used by NATO and the United States Defense Mapping Agency for capturing geographical data.
Finally, there is an aid available to users of Geographical Information System (GIS) and developers of GIS technology working with DIGEST.
This book was developed from a series of lectures given by Dr. Kelly Chan, recognized as a leading authority on the standard. It is specifically designed to allow the user to finally make practical use of this difficult material. Dr. Chan's work allows the user to write specific programs tailored to particular needs.

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Finally, there is an aid available to users of Geographical Information System (GIS) and developers of GIS technology working with DIGEST.
This book was developed from a series of lectures given by Dr. Kelly Chan, recognized as a leading authority on the standard. It is specifically designed to allow the user to finally make practical use of this difficult material. Dr. Chan's work allows the user to write specific programs tailored to particular needs.

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Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (June 25, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1566702410
ISBN-13: 978-1566702416
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,579,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This primer is prepared for two military standards: (1) U.S. Department of Defense, Mil-Std-2407, and (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's STANAG 7074, DIGEST. Read the first page

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tiled coverage, feature class schema, tile subdirectories, bounding rectangle table, byte order code, planar requirement, line feature class, edg table, feature class table, join index table, area feature class, data quality table, primitive identifiers, thematic indices, topological integrity constraints, point feature class, feature class attribute, data quality coverage, coverage directory, tiling scheme, primitive tables, data quality information, join indices, data entry section, index header

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Horizontally Level, Vertically Level, Name Size Kind Label Last Modified, Arc View, Bank Gradient, Category Right Bank, Dense Bank Vegetation Left, Dense Bank Vegetation Right, Existence Category, Hydrographic Category, Hydrographic Form Category, Material Composition Primary, Railroad Gauge Category, Water Depth Average, Water Velocity Average

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Geographic Information Systems: A Buyer's Guide by Central Computer & Telecommunications Agency in Front Matter

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