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Renewal and Completion Problems in Geographical Databases in Turkey and a Proposal Model

Authors
  • Ali Erdi
  • S Durduran
  • Ç Yildirmiş

Abstract

Defence, security, public works, and many other branches of government require small-scale, current geographical databases. With this aim, small-scale geographical databases in Turkey were produced in the past and are still in use today. There are, however, problems in using the available geographical databases. These problems in forming, sharing, updating, and meeting requirements necessitate the reconfiguration of the present system. Classical approaches are preferred when updating the present geographical databases. Many errors and difficulties in recording new objects have occurred in the field, in scanning and collecting data from related institutions, and in recording and controlling nonstandard completion data. Thus it is difficult to achieve the desired high quality data with the present method. In this study, we introduce and discuss updating and completing small-scale maps of geographical bases. The Geographical Information System formation studies in Turkey are summarized, and a model is proposed for the formation, updating, and completion of systems of small-scale maps of significant databases.
Year: 2007
Volume 6
Page/Article: S261-S269
DOI: 10.2481/dsj.6.S261
Published on May 10, 2007
Peer Reviewed