The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal

2015, 9 : 587-593
Published online 2015 June 26. DOI: 10.2174/1874110X01509010587
Publisher ID: TOCSJ-9-587

GIS : Advancement on Spatial Intelligence Applications in Government

Liu WeiWei and Liu WeiDong
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China.

ABSTRACT

A number of approaches for integrating GIS and qualitative research have emerged in recent years. Despite significant growth in public participation GIS (PPGIS) literature since the 1990s, little engagement by e-government scholars is evident in the extensive scholarly PPGIS debates. To fill this void, recent trends in PPGIS adoption by local governments are analyzed. Three waves of GIS are identified: desktop GIS, web GIS, and the Geospatial Web 2.0 platform. Such technological advancements have progressively eased GIS accessibility from expert users to ordinary citizens, accompanied by considerable growth in adopting PPGIS for traffic and transit, volunteered geographic information, and customer relationship management. However, limited use of PPGIS for higher levels of participation such as decision making is found. Barriers to PPGIS adoption for decision making seem less technological and more institutional.

Keywords:

Complex system, GIS, spatial computation.