Abstract
The paper presents softGIS service, which is a currently developed, free and open source online Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) service, allowing for the collection of local knowledge from urban dwellers, and supporting participatory urban planning. The paper discusses recent enhancement of the service with functions facilitating multi-way communication between the actors involved in planning processes with the focus on the software development methods. Most of the PPGIS efforts to date have been rarely implemented in real decision-making situations and suffered from the low level of system sustainability. In an effort to overcome this, we propose a lean PPGIS approach, which aims at better supporting user and customer needs, improved cost efficiency, and easier adoption, leading to the increased sustainability.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | GIS OSTRAVA 2013 - GEOINFORMATICS FOR CITY TRANSFORMATION |
| Editors | Ivan, P Longley, D Fritsch, J Horak, J Cheshire, T Inspektor |
| Publisher | Technical University of Ostrava |
| Pages | 33-48 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-80-248-2974-6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
| Event | International Symposium Geoinformatics for City Transformations - Ostrava, Czech Republic Duration: 21 Jan 2013 → 23 Jan 2013 Conference number: 10 |
Conference
| Conference | International Symposium Geoinformatics for City Transformations |
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| Abbreviated title | GIS |
| Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
| City | Ostrava |
| Period | 21/01/2013 → 23/01/2013 |
Keywords
- softGIS
- urban planning
- web-services
- PPGIS
- geoinformatics
- lean software development
- INFORMATION
- SOFTGIS
- SUPPORT