Understanding Spatial Data Usability

Data Science Journal

Monica Wachowicz¹  Arnold K. Bregt¹  Gary J. Hunter² 

[1] Centre for Geo-Information;Department of Geomatics, University of Melbourne

关键词: Spatial data;    Usability;    Usability elements;    Research questions;   

DOI  :  10.2481/dsj.2.79

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: Ubiquity Press Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

References(31)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 be.

【 授权许可】

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