1996 Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap - Civil and ...

Appendix E
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1 ITEM: I3LA (Initiative for Information Infrastructure and Linkage Applications)
2 SOURCE: USN sponsored Internet site
(Internet: ftp://taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil/pub/i3la/i3la.html)
3 CONTENT: I3LA contains both general and specific information with emphasis on
information linkages.
4 ACCESSIBILITY: Unlimited (Internet).
5 COST: Free access to all data/information/sites.
6 UPDATE: Unknown.
7 PERTINENCE: Techniques used to link environmental data may be of importance to
Roadmap. The pertinence of actual data is uncertain.
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1 ITEM: GILS (Government Information Locator Service)
2 SOURCE: Internet (U.S. Government Agencies) (Internet: http://www.usgs.gov/gils/)
3 CONTENT: U.S. Government initiative (demonstration site apparently sponsored by USGS).
Its purpose is to make publicly funded data/information available to the public(!) and other government
agencies via the Internet.
4 ACCESSIBILITY: Unlimited (Internet). Could be some restricted access.
5 COST: Free access to all data/information/sites.
6 UPDATE: Unknown.
7 PERTINENCE: Could be of considerable value depending on government agency and type of
data. The software access tools could also be of value. Only implemented in a few agencies at
present.
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1 ITEM: USGS Home Page
2 SOURCE: Internet (USGS, DOI) (Internet: http://www.usgs.gov/)
3 CONTENT: Data and information of importance to USGS, including environmental research
and data products.
4 ACCESSIBILITY: Unlimited (Internet).
5 COST: Free access to all data/information/sites.
6 UPDATE: Unknown.
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