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Multimedia Atlas Information Systems

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Encyclopedia of GIS

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Cartographic information system; Atlas information system; Atlas, electronic; Atlas, interactive; Atlas, multimedia; Atlas, virtual; Google Earth; Digital Earth

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Multimedia atlas information systems (MAIS) are systematic, targeted collections of spatially related knowledge in electronic form, allowing a user-oriented communication for information and decision‐making purposes. As in a conventional atlas, a MAIS mainly consists of a harmonized collection of maps with different topics, scales, and/or from different regions. The maps usually come in standardized scales or degrees of generalization, respectively. The different map types have a common legend and symbolization. The access to the maps is granted through thematic or geographic indexes. MAIS dispose of special interactive functions for geographic and thematic navigation, querying, analysis and visualization in 2D and 3D mode. Unlike in many geographic information systems (GIS) applications, the...

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  1. Institute of Cartography, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Lorenz Hurni

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Hurni, L. (2008). Multimedia Atlas Information Systems. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_847

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