TY - GEN
T1 - Facilitating participatory decision-making in local communities through map-based online discussion
AU - Yu, Bo
AU - Cai, Guoray
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2009 ACM.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - GIS has been widely used for supporting decision-making in local communities. However, limited studies have been conducted to use maps directly as a communication tool to support community discussion. In this paper, we explore the potential of using geospatial annotations to facilitate map-based online discussion in local communities. We developed a prototype system, which explicitly links participants' discussion contributions with geographic references. The system is based on conceptual understanding of map-based discussion space, which guides the generation of system requirements. We demonstrate the utility of such systems by a hypothetical scenario of building a Smoke-Free campus in a university community.
AB - GIS has been widely used for supporting decision-making in local communities. However, limited studies have been conducted to use maps directly as a communication tool to support community discussion. In this paper, we explore the potential of using geospatial annotations to facilitate map-based online discussion in local communities. We developed a prototype system, which explicitly links participants' discussion contributions with geographic references. The system is based on conceptual understanding of map-based discussion space, which guides the generation of system requirements. We demonstrate the utility of such systems by a hypothetical scenario of building a Smoke-Free campus in a university community.
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U2 - 10.1145/1556460.1556492
DO - 10.1145/1556460.1556492
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84885675243
SN - 9781605587134
T3 - C and T 2009 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
SP - 215
EP - 224
BT - C and T 2009 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, C and T 2009
Y2 - 25 June 2009 through 27 June 2009
ER -