TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational (soft) GIS interoperability
T2 - Lessons from the U.S.
AU - Nedovic-Budic, Zorica
AU - Pinto, Jeffrey K.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Research by Nedovic-Budic & Pinto reported in this paper was conducted with funding from the National Science Foundation grants IIS-9630419 and 115-9872015. All statements, opinions, and views are solely those of the authors.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Despite the numerous difficulties, many agencies and institutions in the United States and worldwide practice sharing of geographic information systems (GIS) and data, amounting to local, regional, national and international spatial data infrastructures. While the evidence on coordinated GIS development and spatial data sharing accumulates, there have been a few systematic evaluations of mechanisms and factors that facilitate or obstruct interorganizational GIS efforts. Moreover, the issue of "interoperability" has been addressed primarily in technical terms with its "soft" or organizational side mostly neglected. This paper presents results from several recent studies in the U.S. context. It explores the nature and effectiveness of interorganizational interaction, coordination and implementation processes, and assesses the benefits from achieving organizational interoperability.
AB - Despite the numerous difficulties, many agencies and institutions in the United States and worldwide practice sharing of geographic information systems (GIS) and data, amounting to local, regional, national and international spatial data infrastructures. While the evidence on coordinated GIS development and spatial data sharing accumulates, there have been a few systematic evaluations of mechanisms and factors that facilitate or obstruct interorganizational GIS efforts. Moreover, the issue of "interoperability" has been addressed primarily in technical terms with its "soft" or organizational side mostly neglected. This paper presents results from several recent studies in the U.S. context. It explores the nature and effectiveness of interorganizational interaction, coordination and implementation processes, and assesses the benefits from achieving organizational interoperability.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0303-2434(01)85035-2
DO - 10.1016/S0303-2434(01)85035-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:24644511895
VL - 3
SP - 290
EP - 298
JO - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
JF - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
SN - 1569-8432
IS - 3
ER -