Commerce in space infrastructures, technologies, and applications /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Olla, Phillip.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
• Subjects: Artificial satellites in telecommunication.; Astronautics and civilization.; Astronautics > Social aspects.; Global Positioning System.; Remote sensing.; Space industrialization.; Space tourism.; Challenges in Knowledge Management; Commerce in space; Commercialization of space technology; Cospas-Sarsat Satellite System for Search and Rescue; Digital bridges; Disaster Monitoring, Mitigation and Damage Assessment; Effective water management; Era of nanosatellites; Ethical Approach to Commercial Space Activities; Eurpoean space policy; Extraterrestrial space regimes; Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Services; Multilateral Environmental Agreements; Natural resource management; Satellite earth observation; Satellite internet; Space development and the visual arts; Space elevator; Space tourism
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxii, 376 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-364) and index.
• ISBN: 1599046261 (ebook); 9781599046266 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

This book compiles research on the expanding role of earth observation satellite initiatives and their application to such capabilities as mobile broadband, Internet, and mobile communication connectivity. This book provides a comprehensive review of how space technology can influence the future of information technology architecture across multiple domains such as health, education, logistics, business decision making, and communication.