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G. Schmick, G. Ernst, H. Humer & R. Denzer

Abstract

The challenge of integration in environmental information systems G. Schmick/ G. Ernst," H. Humer" & R. Denzer* For/emwaW Abstract The paper will describe in a more general way the purpose of environmental information systems and its practice. To show how difficult integration of different environmental data, for example of different monitoring systems is we will specify an integration approach for such systems and demonstrate a concept how integration can be done. 1. Introduction Environmental protection, management and research today is only possible when based on valid information. This information is gathered, stored and used in many computer systems. Many people at many different sites need and use information about the current state of the environment. It is obvious that computers play an important role in every day's work of environmental protection. From the beginning of the 1980's, an increasing number of publ

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