Cooper, Antony K2018-11-062018-11-062004-10Cooper, A.K. 2004. Status of the standardization of geographical information in Africa. Geoinformation Standards ISO Workshop, pre-conference workshop of the 5th African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE), 17 October 20114, Nairobi, Kenyahttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/10512Presentation delivered during the Geoinformation Standards ISO Workshop, pre-conference workshop of the 5th African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE), 17 October 20114, Nairobi, KenyaThis presentation was part of the project, "Guidelines for Data Content Standards for Africa", which was initiated by the EROS Data Center of the United States Geological Survey (USGS/EROS) and EIS-Africa, with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (US AID) and the CSIR. This presentation described the characteristics of standards, several standards generating bodies, how African experts can participate in standards development, and the data content standards the project had identified and assessed, particularly for data dictionaries, feature catalogues, classification and feature instances.enStandardsCharacteristics of standardsStandards generating bodiesData content standardConference PresentationCooper, A. K. (2004). Status of the standardization of geographical information in Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10512Cooper, Antony K. "Status of the standardization of geographical information in Africa." (2004): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10512Cooper AK, Status of the standardization of geographical information in Africa; 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10512 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Cooper, Antony K AB - This presentation was part of the project, "Guidelines for Data Content Standards for Africa", which was initiated by the EROS Data Center of the United States Geological Survey (USGS/EROS) and EIS-Africa, with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (US AID) and the CSIR. This presentation described the characteristics of standards, several standards generating bodies, how African experts can participate in standards development, and the data content standards the project had identified and assessed, particularly for data dictionaries, feature catalogues, classification and feature instances. DA - 2004-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Standards KW - Characteristics of standards KW - Standards generating bodies KW - Data content standard LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2004 T1 - Status of the standardization of geographical information in Africa TI - Status of the standardization of geographical information in Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10512 ER -