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Mediation to Deal with Heterogeneous Data Sources

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Interoperating Geographic Information Systems (INTEROP 1999)

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The objective of interoperation is to increase the value of information when information from multiple sources is accessed, related, and combined. However, care is required to realize this benefit. One problem to be addressed in this context is that a simple integration over the ever-expanding number of resources available on-line leads to what customers perceive as information overload. In actuality, the customers experience data overload, making it nearly impossible for them to extract relevant points of information out of a huge haystack of data.

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  2. Spatial Data Handling, Department of Geography, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057, Zürich, Switzerland

    Kurt E. Brassel

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    Hans-Jörg Schek

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Wiederhold, G. (1999). Mediation to Deal with Heterogeneous Data Sources. In: Včkovski, A., Brassel, K.E., Schek, HJ. (eds) Interoperating Geographic Information Systems. INTEROP 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1580. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10703121_1

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