What is Geo e-Links Africa?
Geo e-Links is a unique online information resource for sustainable rural development in Africa that employs maps to display locations where experiences or research about sustainable development have been documented. From the map the user can link to the documents in the DEVECOL digital library or on the World Wide Web. To find and access documents, start a map search, zoom in on a region until a label appears at the document site. Then click on the site. The maps also serve as the basis for searches of documented experiences according to general environmental characteristics in the area where an experience has been recorded. This search is done using the query form. Search results link to the maps as well as to the documents. • The existence, pattern, and proximity of places with documented development experiences, research and the like can be quickly appreciated. • Document briefs, full text and photographs can be accessed directly from Geo e-Links map views. • The maps simultaneousl