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"""Spatial Portals: Gateways to Geographic Information"" examines how spatial portals are revolutionizing the way GIS professionals find, share, and apply knowledge - from the local level to the world stage. Web-based spatial portals help people search for and access networks of relevant information held by governments and other organizations. In so doing, portals help people quickly evaluate options and make better decisions that can save time, money, and even lives. Filled with reader-friendly case studies, examples, and visual displays, ""Spatial Portals"" offers students, public officials, business leaders, and other decision makers an overview of this rapidly evolving field in the context of GIS."

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Winnie Tang is CEO of ESRI China (Hong Kong) Limited and is widely recognized as a leader of the Asian GIS industry. She holds a doctoral degree in GIS from the University of Hong Kong; regularly lectures at universities in the region; and serves as an advisor to a wide variety of geographic, technology, and conservation organizations in Asia. Jan Selwood is an independent GIS consultant based in Japan who has worked extensively for more than a decade in Europe and Asia developing and managing GIS projects for a wide range of clients and applications. He holds a master's degree in geographical information systems from the University of Edinburgh.

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