Reconceptualizing the role of the user of spatial data infrastructure

被引:103
作者
Budhathoki N.R. [1 ]
Bruce B. [1 ]
Nedovic-Budic Z. [1 ]
机构
[1] University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
关键词
Participatory design; Produser; Spatial data infrastructure; User; Volunteered geographic information; Web; 2.0;
D O I
10.1007/s10708-008-9189-x
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Spatial data infrastructures, which are Internet-based mechanisms for the coordinated production, discovery, and use of geospatial information in the digital environment, have diffused worldwide in the last two decades. Currently, there are about one hundred spatial data infrastructures at the national level and many other at supra- and sub-national levels. These contemporary spatial data infrastructures operate with two main assumptions: formal organizations are the producers and suppliers of geospatial information; users are the passive recipients of information. The recent phenomenon of volunteered geographic information departs from these assumptions. In this paper, we argue that reconceptualizing the user of a spatial data infrastructure can accommodate this new phenomenon. Such a reconceptualization creates a middle ground between spatial data infrastructure and volunteered geographic information, which has important implications for future research. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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页码:149 / 160
页数:11
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