... usage of GeographicInformation Systems, there is a corresponding need for standardization Standardization does not mean that all GIS databases contain the same format and quality of information; ... Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol 54, No 11, pp 1551–1555 Dueker, K.J., 1987, GeographicInformation Systems and Computer Aided Mapping, APA Journal, Vol 53, No 3, pp 383–390 Joffe, B.A and B.S ... Urban GeographicInformation Systems, Oxford University Press, New York, pp 3–24 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 1992, Federal Information Processing Standard Publication...
... The Design and Implementation of GeographicInformation Systems The Design and Implementation of GeographicInformation Systems John E Harmon and Steven J Anderson This book is printed ... piece in an accessible book.There is a lot of information on design and implementation in hundreds of needs assessments and database documentation files and probably thousands of public and private ... Longley, P.A, M F Goodchild, and D.W Rhind 2001 GeographicInformation Systems and Science John Wiley & Sons: New York Obermeyer, N J., and J K Pinto 1994 Managing GeographicInformation Systems The...
... 1.1 What is geographic information? 1.2 Is geographicinformation unique? .7 1.3 Valuing information 1.4 The debate on charging for public sector geographicinformation ... Info-Dynamics Research Associates Ltd., a U.K consultancy that conducts research into a range of information market and society issues, including e-government and national and regional information ... regional, and global bodies include: • “Spatial information (also known as geographic information) … any information that can be geographically referenced, i.e describing a location or any information...
... such information 2.8 The changing value of geographicinformationInformation policies, especially regarding accessand reuse of GI, advances in informationand communications technology (ICT), and ... be structured, analyzed, and used? The Australia New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC, 2005) states: “Australia’s and New Zealand’s economic growth, and social and environmental interests ... concerning access, demand, cost, and pricing for geographic information, especially those arising from within the public sector References AGI 1996 Guidelines for GeographicInformation Content and...
... structure, and sometimes disseminate information On the other side of the contest are those people and organizations that wish to use informationand therefore place demands on the producers The demands ... resource, andinformation supply At the outset we hypothesize that providing access to information is an economic and political contest between resource allocation and user demand, as already ... areas of our previous research and have set them in the context of the informational uncertainty generated by rapid informationand communications technology (ICT) innovation and consumption First,...
... netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/searchbool.html&r=8&f=G&l=50&co1 =AND& d=ptxt&s1= geographic+ information &OS=%2 2geographic+ information% 22&RS=%2 2geographic+ information% 22 (accessed April 4, 2005) USPTO ... http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p= 1&u=/netahtml /search- bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1 =AND& d=ptxt&s1= geographic+ information &OS=%2 2geographic+ information% 22&RS=%22g eographic +information% 22 (accessed April 4, 2005) USSS ... integrated access to geographicinformation in Europe Like most SDIs, this is a process of infrastructure creation through bureaucracy where “problems of co-ordination, access to information, and power...
... 8:03:11 AM 176 Geographic Information: Value, Pricing, Production, and Consumption of national and global standards for data representation, metadata, national informationaccess portals, and digital ... Production, and Consumption Price Waterhouse 1995 Australian Land andGeographic Data Infrastructure Benefits Study Price Waterhouse Economic Studies and Strategies Unit, Australia New Zealand Land Information ... exploitation Access issues include technology to enable access, standards for both data and metadata, and pricing or charging for access, whether for own use or commercial exploitation Chapters and covered...
... how we access data in the future, and who can have accessand under what conditions Informationand knowledge are the industrial raw materials of the informationand knowledge societies and economies ... Geospatial data Geographic information, spatial data Any data that contains a location attribute GI Geographicinformation GII Global information infrastructure GIS Geographicinformation system ... global informationand knowledge societies — and their emerging economies — just as transport and electricity and early telecommunications infrastructure underpinned the agricultural and industrial...
... Library andInformation Resources (CLIR) The Right-to-Know Network (RTK NET) Food Research and Action Center DC Agenda Project Federal City Council Poverty and Race Research Action Council GIS and ... Development Research Office of Research and Planning Office of Data and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Hawaii Community Services Council Center for Neighbourhood Technology Chicago Area GeographicInformation ... management, training, mailing lists, e-mail for communication, and Internet access to create websites, disseminate information, and for research We decided that we were not attempting to inventory...
... to cause an unforeseen demand for industrial land and, consequently, in conflicts between existing inhabitants and newcomers In a short time, complaints about noise and truck traffic were commonplace, ... This network provided job training and placement, built affordable housing, served small businesses, provided healthcare and childcare, and provided recreation and education programmes for inner-city ... twentieth century, planning tools and the political arena have focused on area-wide planning and development For example, zoning practices have segregated land-uses and created vast districts of...
... attached significance to colour differently and used its own classification schemes and categories, and symbology We realized there were no standards and no ‘symbology vocabulary’ for mapping the ... the shocking degree of abandonment and dissipation in some of the neighborhoods Crumbled buildings, burned out abandoned cars, trash strewn lots and streets, broken glass and graffiti are in evidence ... program’s success, it failed For all the distribution of PCs and software, the cleaning and organizing of the data, and the hours of training and handholding, there is still an insignificant use of GIS...
... on GeographicInformationand Society, 20–22 June, Minneapolis, MN Harris, T and Weiner, D (1998) ‘Empowerment, marginalization, and “communityintegrated” GIS’, Cartography andGeographicInformation ... (1998) ‘GIS and community-based planning: exploring the diversity of neighborhood perspectives and needs’, Cartography andGeographicInformation Systems 25(2): 77–88 Elwood, S (2000) Information ... of its own hardware and software, and residents and staff members have gathered primary and secondary source data for PPNA’s databases PPNA’s success in gaining access to GIS and digital data speaks...
... web-based PPGIS, and an area for further research, is how to elicit, represent and handle user-defined fuzzy information which is difficult to represent on a map ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research was ... Mcnamara, P., Elson, M and Doak, A (1988) Land use planning and the mediation of urban change, Cambridge University Press Howard, D (1998) Geographicinformation technologies and community planning: ... • • • • the meetings are not restricted by geographical location, access to the information is available from any location that has web access, the information is available at any time of the...
... quality, and availability of land informationand analysis in a jurisdiction with an on-going and highly charged land-use decision-making scene We will attempt to gauge the influence and impact ... have been providing informationand analysis tools while observing how decision-makers and interested citizens and organizations react to and use geospatial technologies andinformation products ... how people accessinformation about land-use and to determine if there are changes in perceptions about the issues While true experiments comparing the influence and impact of land information...
... farm and forest lands, desire quiet neighbourhoods and accessibility to shopping, schools, jobs and recreational opportunities, value the ‘feel’ of this region, with open spaces, scenic beauty and ... Area Disaster GeographicInformation System (MAD GIS) CDROM to risk managers and emergency managers ensures that these natural hazard and risk data will be used for risk assessment and disaster ... neighbourhood and school district boundaries), environmental (such as 100-year flood plain, wetlands, steep slopes and watershed basin boundaries), and infrastructure (detailing garbage hauler information) ...
... catchment by providing and allowing access to geographic information, GIS tools, and expertise The organization is intended to facilitate a common geographic view of the catchment and enable synergistic ... Surveying and Land Information Group enabled development of an information kit by staff from CSIRO and HRIC The kit included a history and list of achievements of HRIC, as well as guidelines and resources ... spatial data and meta data directories and comply with industry standards such as the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG) Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI) standards...
... built-up land, and rural transportation zones) Forestland Agricultural land (includes cropland, pastureland, and Conservation Reserve Programme land) Water areas Other rural land (includes barren land ... Environmental NGOs and community access to technology 197 ages (by county), including transportation, land-use/land-cover, soils, public lands, open spaces, coastal areas, wetlands, and floodplains, ... Digital Parcel Mapping Handbook: Standards and Strategies for New Jersey’s Parcel Mapping Communities, Chicago, IL, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (published previously as...