SPATIAL INFORMATION
September 1st, 2004 BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has released open-use software GeoNetwork helping developing countries manage geographical, climatic and population data vital for monitoring food production and distribution. It overlays map data from different institutions on vegetation density, soil quality, rivers, population density, water reservoirs, food distribution points and other issues. *teresamarie.buerkle@fao.org
THE UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has released open-use software GeoNetwork helping developing countries manage geographical, climatic and population data vital for monitoring food production and distribution. It overlays map data from different institutions on vegetation density, soil quality, rivers, population density, water reservoirs, food distribution points and other issues. *teresamarie.buerkle@fao.org
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