Global 
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Digital Image 
Processing 
Geoinformatics 
Digital 
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Geographic 
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Figure 2: Concept for an Integrated Geo[infor]matics Discipline 
presentation and dissemination of geoinformation" 
(Ehlers and Amer, 1991). 
Figure 2 shows possible components for an integrated 
education, research and development concept of 
geo[infor]matics. It should be noted that geo[infor]matics 
is more than GIS which can be seen as a catalyst in the 
integration of disciplines (see also Ehlers, 1993). Also, 
here the geo[infor]matics components include GIS but 
not geography and global positioning system (GPS) but 
not geodesy. It is necessary to point out that the weight 
of the individual components might vary between 
different approaches toward geo[infor]matics and that the 
diagram of Figure 2 represents only a proposal for 
discussion. 
4. CONCLUSIONS 
In conclusion, we state that advances in computer 
hardware and software for GIS, image processing, digital 
photogrammetry and digital cartography are leading to the 
development of systems for integrated geoinformation 
processing. General purpose high resolution graphics 
workstations are being used for remote sensing image 
analysis, computer vision, digital photogrammetry, 
digital cartography and GIS. Boundaries between these 
fields will be less and less important, emphasis will be 
placed on integration aspects of these technologies. The 
emergence of standards and the ever-increasing 
processing, storage and display capabilities of modern 
RISC based CPUs is sees as a catalyst for the 
development of integrated approach to geoinformation 
handling. 
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