期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2008
卷号：XXXVII Part B6a
页码：93-96
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：Geo-ICT plays an increasing role in the management of spatial processes at different levels ranging from local to global scale. A world wide scientific and professional community develops and implements tools and methods to deal with these issues. Furthermore new business and Geo-ICT environments are emerging which force GI-providers to develop new business strategies. They should anticipate the opportunities of new technology and new geo-data infrastructures. This means that Capacity Development (CD) should have a high priority for organizations which have to introduce new working methods and procedures which ultimately result in structural adjustments of their Geo-ICT architecture. CD programs should help these organizations to understand how technological, institutional and market developments lead to new geo-information products and services and how these services are increasingly embedded in globalizing economy. This all implies that international partnerships providing joint educational programs are of great importance for capacity development. Presently these develop into networks providing decentralised educational service supply chains, which form an interesting starting point for the development of a virtual university for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
