Evaluation of web GIS functionality in academic libraries

Kong, Nicole; Zhang, Tao; Stonebraker, Ilana

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.11.017

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“…As the GDSS is used by general public, its interfaces should be designed in such a way that non-expert users can interact with it easily and fulfil their requirements without any problems (Delice and Güngör 2009;Komarkova, Jedlicka, and Hub 2010). Several quality models are proposed for measuring software quality (Domínguez-Mayo et al 2012;Kong, Zhang, and Stonebraker 2015;Febrero, Calero, and Moraga 2016). One of the most comprehensive ones is ISO/IEC 9126 standard.…”

Section: Evaluation Of Gdssmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Web-based geo-marketing decision support system for land selection: a case study of Tehran, Iran

2019

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Finding an appropriate vacant lot to buy is one of the most important land marketing problems in Tehran, Iran. Typically, the land selection and purchase processes in Tehran city are based on face-toface meetings. Despite the face-to-face land sale and purchase strategies, a few online geo-marketing or real-estate websites have been developed. However, these geo-marketing real-estate web services have two main limitations. The services have focused on simple searches and selections from a set of predefined land parcels according to some basic criteria, such as land price, area etc. They do not consider spatially explicit criteria and spatial analyses relevant to a land selection process (e.g. proximity to transportation stations). The services are lacking a proper scientific foundation for spatial multicriteria selection of land parcels. Moreover, the alternative land parcels are dynamically created by new sellers. However, the services are hard-coded based on a set of predefined land parcels and fail to support evaluation of the parcels added by new owners. To overcome these limitations, the study proposes a geo-marketing decision support system by integrating geographic information system (GIS) and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) techniques into the web platform. The GIS-based MCDA tools provide appropriate analytical approaches and platforms to support decision makers/people in spatial decision-making processes based on individual values and interests. The paper demonstrates the implementation of a geo-marketing decision support system for land selection and purchase processes in district no. 22 of Tehran. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Evaluation Of Gdssmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Web-based geo-marketing decision support system for land selection: a case study of Tehran, Iran

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“…Hence, the front-end mapping functionalities, and the back-end database management system should work together to offer the end user the amount of information and flexibility addressed by its purpose. Kong, Zhang, & Stonebraker (2015) propose that the functionality of a webGIS system can be assessed using eight common GIS functions: basemap availability, legend customization, map elements, map products, information query, location search, reporting, and spatial analysis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To ultimately evaluate the users' appreciation of a webGIS platform, standard meeting criteria for usability (International Organization for Standardization, 2018) should emerge to a design an evaluation methodology dedicated to its domain-specific context. An evaluation addressed real users of the platform where they are given specific tasks is encouraged by the literature (Kong, Zhang, & Stonebraker, 2015) and should result in qualitative feedback for the further improvements of the webGIS design.…”

Section: Geospatial Context and Webgismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The basemaps used for the web interface of each map and, hence, application consist of the standard tiled map services granted by ESRI. According to Kong, Zhang, & Stonebraker (2015), users tend to favor a familiar, neat and easy to interpret map as a base for their applications. Therefore, the basic Grey Scale basemap offered by ESRI was chosen for the applications created to avoid the user being distracted by an unnecessary load of details.…”

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Studmap 3.0 – An Interoperable Web-Based Platform for Geospatial Data Offers in Academic Life

Cioban

Santos

Prinz

2019

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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Geographic Information Systems has now entered the realm of web and yields for feasible solutions to balance the technology offers with the users' needs to share, access and explore the massive amounts of geodata available. Challenges occur when moving forward from old 2D platforms towards innovative and integrated webGIS systems that align functionality with the necessity to grant a complete understanding of the surrounding reality. 3D space responds to this but, however, stands only at the beginning of its era and cannot yet reach the development of 2D web integration. Research is now aiming at possible webGIS solutions to adapt to the special structure imposed by 3D data. In this context, this thesis focuses on designing an architecture for 2D and 3D geospatial data integration on a studentoriented web platform. This concept was further delivered and validated through a real case scenario-Studmap 3.0, a webGIS platform to serve the students of the University of Muenster in their academical life. The portal currently grants availability of geospatial data and web services of regional interest in a smart GIS environment that allows access and comparison of official services with own data. The implementation of Studmap 3.0 aided in the continuous improvement of the proposed architecture model and developed under a design science research cycle that reached its end once the final approval of its users was attained via a usability evaluation. Final strengths and drawbacks of the proposed architecture were ultimately identified together with an expert usability evaluation and a lab-based usability test of the resulting portal interface suitability for academic use. The results fall under the acceptable range with an 83.75 score for the System Usability Scale standardized questions when addressed to experts and a score of 83.87 when addressed to students. For the open-ended questions, the interface received an overall positive critique. A summary of future participants' opinion on the benefits, drawbacks and proposed improvements was also delivered. Peers interested in similar concepts can use both this model and its final remarks as a reference for their work.

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“…By implementing an architecture of web database and geoprocessing services in the cloud, a wider range of GIS functionality could be integrated within a true Web GIS online platform that became more accessible to a broader range of global users [131]. Cloud services provide functionality for everything from data sensor retrieval and information extraction to knowledge and ontology discovery; more and more data, information, and knowledge will be accessed by and serve functional web services online (Figure 8).…”

Section: Web Mapping Functionality Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review of Web Mapping: Eras, Trends and Directions

Veenendaal

Brovelli

2017

IJGI

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Abstract:Web mapping and the use of geospatial information online have evolved rapidly over the past few decades. Almost everyone in the world uses mapping information, whether or not one realizes it. Almost every mobile phone now has location services and every event and object on the earth has a location. The use of this geospatial location data has expanded rapidly, thanks to the development of the Internet. Huge volumes of geospatial data are available and daily being captured online, and are used in web applications and maps for viewing, analysis, modeling and simulation. This paper reviews the developments of web mapping from the first static online map images to the current highly interactive, multi-sourced web mapping services that have been increasingly moved to cloud computing platforms. The whole environment of web mapping captures the integration and interaction between three components found online, namely, geospatial information, people and functionality. In this paper, the trends and interactions among these components are identified and reviewed in relation to the technology developments. The review then concludes by exploring some of the opportunities and directions.

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Evaluation of web GIS functionality in academic libraries

Cited by 23 publications

References 14 publications

A Web-based geo-marketing decision support system for land selection: a case study of Tehran, Iran

A Web-based geo-marketing decision support system for land selection: a case study of Tehran, Iran

Studmap 3.0 – An Interoperable Web-Based Platform for Geospatial Data Offers in Academic Life

Review of Web Mapping: Eras, Trends and Directions

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