Geographic Information Observatories for Supporting Science

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dc.contributor.authorAdams, Ben
dc.contributor.authorGahegan, Mark
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Prashant
dc.contributor.authorHosking, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-28T21:12:04Z
dc.date.available2018-01-28T21:12:04Z
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.date.updated2017-08-10T01:55:29Z
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we explore two questions that we feel are im- portant to investigate further if geographic information observatories are to be fruitful research endeavor in GIScience. The rst question is sim- ply `what is a geographic information observatory (and what is it not)?' and the second question is `what use is a geographic information obser- vatory?'. The construction of large-scale geographic information obser- vatories has the potential to be an exciting development, but it remains unclear what forms they might take. Furthermore, the reasons articulated so far for building these observatories remain largely in the domain of information science and have not been motivated in context to broader scienti c problems, such as global climate change. We investigate how geographic information observatories can support science in other elds, focusing on the example of socio-ecological system research. We argue that it is in the application of geographic information observatories to- ward solving big problems that they can garner community buy-in and demonstrate real impact.en
dc.identifier.citationAdams BT, Gahegan M, Gupta P, Hosking R (2014). Geographic Information Observatories for Supporting Science. Vienna, Austria: Workshop on Geographic Information Observatories 2014. 23/09/2014. GIO 2014 Geographic Information Observatories Proceedings of the Workshop on Geographic Information Observatories 2014. 1273. 32-39.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/14970
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCEUR Workshop Proceedingsen
dc.subjectgeographic information observatoryen
dc.subjectGIScienceen
dc.subjectweb scienceen
dc.subjectsocio-ecological systemsen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::46 - Information and computing sciences::4609 - Information systems::460911 - Inter-organisational, extra-organisational and global information systemsen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::05 - Environmental Sciences::0502 - Environmental Science and Management::050205 - Environmental Managementen
dc.titleGeographic Information Observatories for Supporting Scienceen
dc.typeConference Contributions - Publisheden
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