PostGIS Raster : Extending PostgreSQL for The Support of ... - CoDE
PostGIS Raster : Extending PostgreSQL for The Support of ... - CoDE
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2.6.3 Traditional Knowledge GIS<br />
Traditional knowledge GIS is designed to document and utilize local knowledge <strong>of</strong> communities<br />
around the world. Traditional knowledge includes the experiences <strong>of</strong> a particular culture or society.<br />
Traditional knowledge GIS is richer than ordinary maps in the sense that they express environmental<br />
and spiritual relationships among real and conceptual entities.<br />
Cultural preservation is the principal application <strong>of</strong> a traditional knowledge GIS. Its central feature<br />
is language revitalization. Bilingual visual and audible maps are used to describe oral traditions and<br />
historical in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>of</strong> significant cultures on various scales.<br />
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