Collaborative geographic information systems
Title:
Collaborative geographic information systems
Author:
Balram, Shivanand, 1969-
ISBN:
9781591408475
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2006.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xviii, 364 p. : ill., maps) : digital files.
Series:
Advances in geographic information systems, science and engineering series
Advances in geographic information systems, science and engineering series.
Contents:
Introduction: Collaborative Geographic Information Systems: Origins, and Structures / Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragićević -- System Design, Group Spatial Planning, and Mapping: Usability Dimensions in Collaborative GIS / Mordechai (Muki) Haklay ; Beyond the Public Meeting: Building a Field-Based Participatory: GIS for Land Use Planning in Monongalia County, West Virginia / Timothy L. Hawthorne, et al. ; Participatory GIS and Community Planning: Restructuring Technologies, Social Processes, and Future Research in PPGIS / Sarah Elwood ; Argumentation Mapping in Collaborative Spatial Decision Making / Claus Rinner ; Collaborative Mapping and GIS: An Alternative Geographic Information Framework / Edward Mac Gillavry -- Modeling, Decision Support and Visualization: Extending Objects to Model Agents: A Collaborative Group Design Framework Using the Agent UML Extension / Shivanand Balram. Suzana Dragićević ; Simulation Modelling within Collaborative Spatial Decision Support Systems Using Cause-Effect Models and Software Agents / Raja Sengupta ; An Experimental Study Using SDS Tools for a Participatory Approach to Local Land Use Planning / Piotr Jankowski, Milosz Stasik ; Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Collaborative GIS /Jacek Malczewski; A Collaborative Virtual Geographic Environment: Design and Development / Jianhua Gong, Hui Lin.
Internet and Wireless Applications: Design Considerations for an Internet Portal to Support Public Participation in Transportation Improvement Decision Making /Timothy L. Nyerges, Kevin S. Ramsey, Matthew W. Wilson ; Internet-Based Spatial Decision Support Using Open Source Tools / G. Brent Hall, Michael G. Leahy ; Web GIS and Knowledge Management Systems: An Integrated Design for Collaborative Community Planning / Brad C. Mason, Suzana Dragićević ; Web-Based Collaborative Spatial Decision Support Systems: A Technological Perspective / Songnian Li ; Bridging the Gap: Connecting Internet-Based Spatial Decision Support Systems to the Field-Based Personnel with Real Time Wireless Mobile GIS Applications / Ming-Hsiang Tsou Conclusion: Collaborative Geographic Information Systems and Science: A Transdisciplinary Evolution / Suzana Dragićević, Shivanand Balram.
Abstract:
Identifies unifying concepts in the field providing a comprehensive treatment of collaborative GIS focusing on system design, group spatial planning and mapping, Internet and wireless applications, and more. This book also details the theories, processes, and tools for designing and implementing collaborative GIS, and explores collaborative GIS methodologies currently being used or developed.
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Electronic Access:
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59140-845-1