Geographical Information Management in Polar Regions
Mediation, Data Sharing and Interoperability
Modern Cartography Series, Vol. 7

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Geographical Information Management in Polar Regions: Mediation, Data Sharing and Interoperability, Volume 7, reflects on and critically evaluates the historical development of polar data management and information systems, with a particular focus on activities under the recent International Polar Year (2007-2009) and beyond. This historical analysis provides a foundation for a proposed holistic model that considers the complexity of the polar information domain, combining many kinds of data, information and knowledge mediation under an integrated social-environmental-technical construct to support improved understanding and use of the Earth system as a whole.



  • Presents an expert examination of the broad range of opportunities and challenges facing actors (i.e., scientists, governments, NGOs) involved in polar data management and research
  • Features three data mediation case studies
  • Includes the perspectives and practices of indigenous people of the North, offering a new viewpoint on the importance of data sharing in the polar regions
1. Introduction
2. Developments in Polar Data Sharing, Geographic Information, and Interoperability
3. Interoperability and Mediation Formal ontology
4. Overview to the Polar Domain
5. Case Study 1: Mediation Scientific Data in the Domain Antarctic Environmental Governance (AEG)
6. Case Study 2: Mediation Across Cultures and Knowledge Domains
7. Case Study 3: Mediating in the Context of Arctic Governance and Geopolitics
8. Conclusion
Cartographers, geographers, geologists, geoscientists, environmental scientists, social scientists, and governmental and private organizations representing indigenous people