This paper makes the case that the time is right for certification and/or accreditation in GIS. The paper begins with a brief history of the debate, and details current trends in the field of GIS that are driving current initiatives in GIS certification and accreditation. The two major driving factors are major growth of the GIS profession, and initiatives coming from the Surveying community. I...

What this paper tends to address are followings. (1) A notable common characteristic of many GIS applications we ever might ignore is that the ability of analysis is not primarily provided by GIS itself, GIS generally plays roles of data management and virtual environment construction, and it is the users of GIS software that achieve that intelligencerequired process of problem solving. That is...

The use of geographic information system (GIS) technology allows public health practitioners to explore disparities in health, analyze disease outbreaks, and prioritize the use of limited resources for improving population health. Nursing students benefit from use of World Wide Web GIS resources as they develop knowledge and skill in assessing population health and planning interventions. This ...

The three-year Municipal Infrastructure Investment Planning (MIIP) project is currently investigating investment planning and strategic asset management. The project proposes using geographic information systems (GIS) as the framework for decision support tools for municipal infrastructure managers, and more specifically, as tools to assist them to prioritize infrastructure maintenance and capi...

ABSTRACT This paper describes the Active Response GIS (AR/GIS) for resource planning and land­ allocation deliberation. AR/GIS is an integrated system which combines GIS and electronic meeting software. This combination provides the voting, information organization, and brainstorming of an electronic meeting system, and supports interaction with geographic data sets. The AR/GIS system can impro...

The catalytic boost of critical mass usage of the World Wide Web (WWW) has brought about the shift in the traditional geographic information systems (GIS) paradigm and engendered new challenges and opportunities. The traditional GIS paradigm involves the use of huge databases and large expensive GIS software packages confined to local disks. The new paradigm, however, enables geospatial data to...

This paper provides detailed examinations on the use of GIS in nonprofit organizations. We interviewed planners and GIS experts in key nonprofit organizations in the City of Chicago to comprehend their actual usages of GIS, faced challenges, and accumulated experiences. Organizations reported on dozens of projects where GIS was used for practical urban planning applications. Findings indicate t...

Virtual reality is becoming a popular tool to visualize 3D GIS data. Direct interaction with the GIS data, however, is often limited. In this paper, we present a multi-view approach to support 3D GIS interaction within VR-environments. This approach is implemented in the Karma VI system, using existing GIS and VR technology. We describe the multi-view approach, the system components and the int...