Atlas Technology, a Digital Framework for Efficient Management and Use of Regional Data. The Argentina Satellite Atlas

• Autores: Asato, Carlos Gabriel; Wright, Eugenia Mariana
• Año de publicación: 2005
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: documento de conferencia
• Materia: GIS; SIG; geoinformación; información; cartografía; cartografía digital; 528 (084.4); datos geológicos; atlas satelital
• Institución: Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino

Trabajo presentado en: International Association for Mathematical Geology. Toronto, Canada. Agosto 21 a 26 de 2005.
Fil: Asato, Carlos Gabriel. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino; Argentina. ORCID: 0000-0002-1968-7741
Fil: Wright, E.M. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino; Argentina.
In Argentina, as in other developing countries, information availability could be a serious problem. Due to the lack of information such as topographical, geological and other kind of geospatial data, geoscientists have strong difficulties to make their regional studies especially when digital analysis should be made. Despite of the great effort of different international organisations (UNEP GRID, Geocover, etc.) to supply free geodata coverage, information could not be efficiently used and managed without a good technological support. The Argentine Satellite Atlas for Geological and Geographical Studies is a special cartographic product generated by automatic procedures based on GIS technology and public and institutional data. The aim of this project is to provide a useful reference document for students, geologist and other earth science professionals. This paper describes the conceptual model, digital components, database structure and cartographic criteria that provided a framework for the quick generation of a high quality cartographic product.