University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Digital spatial data of Illinois on CD-ROM, Department of Energy and Natural Resources

Joselyn, Mark; Oliver, Sheryl G.

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Title
Digital spatial data of Illinois on CD-ROM, Department of Energy and Natural Resources
Author(s)
  • Joselyn, Mark
  • Oliver, Sheryl G.
Issue Date
1996
Keyword(s)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Abstract
The Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) and its divisions, the Illinois State Geological Survey, Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois State Water Survey, Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center, Office of Research and Planning, and Illinois State Museum, have been actively involved in the use and application of GIS technology for over ten years. A significant result has been the development of one of the most comprehensive spatial digital databases, at the state level, anywhere in the country. In order to make this information more accessible, many of ENR's statewide data sets were published on CD-ROM in April 1994. This publication is the first of its kind in the country from a state perspective. It signifies technological advancement, but it also reflects the evolution of an institutional attitude toward data, specifically that data of this type are a resource to be shared and utilized by citizens and groups with an interest and concern for Illinois, its people, and its resources. This publication is intended to make this valuable and dynamic resource more accessible and available to other state agencies, libraries, schools, public interest groups, and the private sector. An anticipated effect will be to increase knowledge and consideration of geography relative to the state's people, resources, and related issues. Virtually all aspects of the built and natural environments in which we live have spatial components. The data contained on this CD-ROM provide a basis for integrating these spatial components into research, education, and management.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Geographic information systems and libraries: patrons, maps, and spatial information [papers presented at the 1995 Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, April 10-12, 1995]
ISSN
0069-4789
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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1995: Geographic information systems and libraries: patrons, maps, and spatial information PRIMARY
32nd Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1995). Edited by Linda C. Smith and Myke Gluck.