Enhancing the Digital Earth via Digital Decimal Geolocation and the FAIR Data Principles DOI Creative Commons
W. Brian Whalley

Earth Science Systems and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4

Published: May 2, 2024

The essential aspects of Gore’s “Digital Earth” concept include “georeferenced” data. This paper is concerned with establishing the need for a standardised and common form to locate points on earth’s surface. Rather than degree, minute, second (dms) system latitude/longitude location, decimal degree system, formatted as comma separated variable tuple in square brackets, [dLL], advocated. Values, an appropriate number places, can be inserted text computer searchable. [dLL] also becomes metadata data set or index databases identifiers images. Various uses this are illustrated. allows become more “open” via FAIR principles: findability, accessibility, interoperability, reusability. Wider use earth sciences fundamental collaboration other disciplines, especially Critical Zone Science. general geolocation exploited wide variety analytical methodologies, some which outlined, science environmental situations.

Language: Английский

Combining facts and physics-based concepts with objective treatment of landsystem relations for documenting viscous flow features (rock glaciers) in mountain permafrost: examples from Nuristan/Hindu Kush, Galena Creek (Absaroka Mountains) and Gruben (Swiss Alps) DOI Creative Commons

Wilfried Haeberli,

Simon Allen, Sebastián Vivero

et al.

Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 13

Published: Feb. 2, 2025

Language: Английский

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The role of Little Ice Age glaciation in shaping the rock glacier morphology of Mount Kaçkar, Türkiye DOI
Serdar Yeşilyurt

Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 18, 2025

Language: Английский

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Enhancing the Digital Earth via Digital Decimal Geolocation and the FAIR Data Principles DOI Creative Commons
W. Brian Whalley

Earth Science Systems and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4

Published: May 2, 2024

The essential aspects of Gore’s “Digital Earth” concept include “georeferenced” data. This paper is concerned with establishing the need for a standardised and common form to locate points on earth’s surface. Rather than degree, minute, second (dms) system latitude/longitude location, decimal degree system, formatted as comma separated variable tuple in square brackets, [dLL], advocated. Values, an appropriate number places, can be inserted text computer searchable. [dLL] also becomes metadata data set or index databases identifiers images. Various uses this are illustrated. allows become more “open” via FAIR principles: findability, accessibility, interoperability, reusability. Wider use earth sciences fundamental collaboration other disciplines, especially Critical Zone Science. general geolocation exploited wide variety analytical methodologies, some which outlined, science environmental situations.

Language: Английский

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2