Are Geospatial Catalogues Reaching their Goals?
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Jennifer Larson, Maria Antonia Olmos Siliceo, Marcelino Pereira dos Santos Silva, Eva Klien, Sven Schade Institute for Geoinformatics –University of Münster, Germany Department of Geography San Diego State University, USA 3 Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca 52140 Metepec, México National Institute for Space Research São José dos Campos, Brazil Department of Informatics Rio Grande do Norte State University, Brazil
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