Understanding Spatial Data Usability
Authors:
- Gary J. HunterGHGary J. Hunter
- Monica WachowiczMWMonica Wachowicz
- Arnold K. BregtABArnold K. Bregt
Open Access
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Ubiquity Press, Ltd. in Data Science Journal
- Vol. 2, 79-89
Abstract
In recent geographical information science literature, a number of researchers have made passing reference to an apparently new characteristic of spatial data known as 'usability'. While this attribute is well-known to professionals engaged in software engineering and computer interface design and testing, extension of the concept to embrace information would seem to be a new development. Furthermore, while notions such as the use and value of spatial information, and the diffusion of spatial information systems, have been the subject of research since the late-1980s, the current references to usability clearly represent something which extends well beyond that initial research. Accordingly, the purposes of this paper are: (1) to understand what is meant by spatial data usability; (2) to identify the elements that might comprise usability; and (3) to consider what the related research questions might beKeywords
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