Data-gathering strategies for social-behavioural research about participatory geographical information system use

Studies about geographical information systems (GIS) use contribute to geographic information science through critical evaluation of the concepts embedded in GIS tools. Social-behavioural studies about group use of GIS help us to understand the social implications of GIS because groups are fundamental units underlying intra-organizational, organization-wide, and inter-organizational activity in society. When group communication technology is integrated with basic GIS capabilities an enhanced version of GIS called `participatory GIS' (PGIS) is created. Group use of PGIS technology can be studied by sampling social-behavioural events during human

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: GIS
• Authors: Timothy L. Nyerges, Piotr Jankowski, Christina H. Drew
• Keywords: Automated Reasoning, Critical Evaluation, Geographical Information, GIS 2002, Social-behavioural Studies