Collaborative geographic information systems / Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragićević [editors].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balram, Shivanand, 1969-

Dragićević, Suzana, 1963-

Series:

Advances in geographic information systems, science, and engineering series

Advances in geographic information systems, science and engineering series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographic information systems.

Group decision making.

Physical Description:

xviii, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, PA : Idea Group Pub., [2006]

Summary:

"This book provides a comprehensive treatment of collaborative GIS focusing on system design, group spatial planning and mapping; modeling, decision support, and visualization; and internet and wireless applications"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter I Collaborative Geographic Information Systems: Origins, Boundaries, and Structures / Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragicevic 1

Section II System Design, Group Spatial Planning, and Mapping

Chapter II Usability Dimensions in Collaborative GIS / Mordechai (Muki) Haklay 24

Chapter III Beyond the Public Meeting: Building a Field-Based Participatory GIS for Land Use Planning in Monongalia County, West Virginia / Timothy L. Hawthorne, Michael Dougherty, Gregory Elmes, Christopher Fletcher, Brent McCusker, Marta Pinto, Daniel Weiner 43

Chapter IV Participatory GIS and Community Planning: Restructuring Technologies, Social Processes, and Future Research in PPGIS / Sarah Elwood 66

Chapter V Argumentation Mapping in Collaborative Spatial Decision Making / Claus Rinner 85

Chapter VI Collaborative Mapping and GIS: An Alternative Geographic Information Framework / Edward Mac Gillavry 103

Section III Modeling, Decision Support and Visualization

Chapter VII Extending Objects to Model Agents: A Collaborative Group Design Framework Using the Agent UML Extension / Shivanand Balram, Suzana Dragicevic 121

Chapter VIII Simulation Modelling within Collaborative Spatial Decision Support Systems Using "Cause-Effect" Models and Software Agents / Raja Sengupta 134

Chapter IX An Experimental Study Using SDS Tools for a Participatory Approach to Local Land Use Planning / Piotr Jankowski, Milosz Stasik 150

Chapter X Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Collaborative GIS / Jacek Malczewski 167

Chapter XI A Collaborative Virtual Geographic Environment: Design and Development / Jianhua Gong, Hui Lin 186

Section IV Internet and Wireless Applications

Chapter XII Design Considerations for an Internet Portal to Support Public Participation in Transportation Improvement Decision Making / Timothy L. Nyerges, Kevin S. Ramsey, Matthew W. Wilson 208

Chapter XIII Internet-Based Spatial Decision Support Using Open Source Tools / G. Brent Hall, Michael G. Leahy 237

Chapter XIV Web GIS and Knowledge Management Systems: An Integrated Design for Collaborative Community Planning / Brad C. Mason, Suzana Dragicevic 263

Chapter XV Web-Based Collaborative Spatial Decision Support Systems: A Technological Perspective / Songnian Li 285

Chapter XVI 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 316

Chapter XVII Collaborative Geographic Information Systems and Science: A Transdisciplinary Evolution / Suzana Dragicevic, Shivanand Balram 341.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1591408458

1591408466

1591408474

OCLC:

63472834

Publisher Number:

9781591408468