Environmental review with hypermedia systems

The Potential of Public Participation Geographic Information Systems in UK Environmental Planning: Appraisals by Active Publics

“…Confirming the findings of other studies that have explored the benefits of Internet technologies, such as those of Kingston et al (2000) and Shiffer (1995aShiffer ( , 1995b, participants also give strong support to the development of these technologies in a planning context. At the same time however, participants are aware that social practices and the social contexts in which GIS are used will have a strong influence on the communicative abilities attributed to these systems.…”

“…The 'chauffeurs' were researchers and graduate students familiar with GIS, the content of the specific system and aims of the workshop. This approach was based on experience in Computer Supported Co-operative Work (CSCW) studies (Nunamaker et al 1991) and other Participatory GIS studies (see Shiffer 1995a, 1995b, Jankowski & Nyerges, 2001.…”

“…Talen (1999) for example, suggests that a fully interactive GIS would permit users to view conventional information based on government information, to alter the scale of data, to explore multi-media links that visualise data as tables, pictures and virtual realties, and to add layers of information generated by local people. Shiffer (1995aShiffer ( , 1995b for example, suggests that this kind of integration is useful in environmental planning settings.…”

Using On-Line Geographical Visualisation Tools to Improve Land Use Decision-Making with a Bottom-Up Community Participatory Approach

“…The term PSS was first used by Harris (1989); Harris and Batty (1993) to describe systems that combined a range of computer-based models and methods. In the 1990s pioneering work in developing and testing collaborative planning support systems was undertaken by Shiffer (1992Shiffer ( , 1995aShiffer ( , and 1995b. Since the early 21 st century a number of books, reports and journal articles have been published which document more recent…”

“…Panoramic views have been created using Pixmaker and street sketches have been created in Flash. Three hundred and sixty degree panoramic view capability in a PSS is a useful tool for evaluating sites, buildings and, neighbourhood character (Shiffer, 1995a). Pixmaker was used to stitch together photographs taken at street intersections to create number of interactive 360° panoramic viewpoints.…”