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Internet-Based Spatial Information Retrieval

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  1. Joint Center for Intelligent Spatial Computing, and Earth System and GeoInformation Sciences, College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Wenwen Li, Phil Yang & Bin Zhou

  2. Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Wenwen Li

  3. Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Bin Zhou

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Li, W., Yang, P., Zhou, B. (2008). Internet-Based Spatial Information Retrieval. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_650

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