End Users and GIS: A Demonstration Is Worth a Thousand Words
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چکیده
This chapter presents a programming-by-demonstration (PBD) approach to Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The aim of our approach is to enable non-specialist users to avail themselves of the software without having to resort to the help of expert users. We begin with a story of one group of non-specialist users who encountered difficulty with GIS software. Next we summarize findings of a study of why GIS software is hard for non-specialist users to use. Then we describe in detail the PBD approach for GIS and explain how this component may be integrated into a GIS.
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