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Chapter 9: Integrating Geographic Data

1. Overview
2. Context
3. Low Level Radioactive Waste
4. Siting LLRW Storage Facilities
5. Map Overlay Concept
6. Pennsylvania Case Study
7. Vector Approach
8. Stage One: Statewide Screening
9. Stage Two: Regional Screening
10. Stage Three: Local Disqualification
11. Buffering
12. New York Case Study
13. Outcomes
14. Conclusion
15. Bibliography

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Chapter 1: Data and Information
Chapter 2: Scales and Transformations
Chapter 3: Census Data and Thematic Maps
Chapter 4: TIGER, Topology and Geocoding
Chapter 5: Land Surveying and GPS
Chapter 6: National Spatial Data Infrastructure I
Chapter 7: National Spatial Data Infrastructure II
Chapter 8: Remotely Sensed Image Data
Chapter 9: Integrating Geographic Data

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Author: David DiBiase, Senior Lecturer, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute, and Director of Education, Industry Solutions, Esri. Instructors and contributors: Jim Sloan, Senior Lecturer, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute; Ryan Baxter, Senior Research Assistant, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute, Beth King, Senior Lecturer, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute and Assistant Program Manager for Online Geospatial Education, and Adrienne Goldsberry, Senior Lecturer, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute; College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

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