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Geographic Information Science:From GI Systems to GI Science, The Evidence

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Table of Contents:
  1. The Continuing Need for a Management Focus in GIS:Purpose and Objectives
  2. Geographic Information Science:From GI Systems to GI Science, The Evidence
  3. The Role of Geographic Information within an Organization’s IT:Managerial Decision Making
  4. Keeping the G in GIS:Analytical Examples, Maps and Their Appropriate Use, Conclusions
  5. GIS and the Strategic Planning Process:The Process of Strategic Planning
  6. Implementing a GIS:Definition of Implementation Success, Implementation Models
  7. Organizational Politics and GIS Implementation:The Challenger Disaster, Conclusions
  8. Economic Justification for GIS Implementation:Benefits and Costs in the Analysis
  9. Sharing Geographic Information across Organizational Boundaries:A Conceptual Framework
  10. Metadata for Geographic Information:What Metadata Are and Why They Are Needed
  11. Policy Conflicts and the Role of GIS:Cognitive versus Interest Conflict, A Model of Conflict
  12. Ensuring the Qualifications of GIS Professionals:Expertise as a Foundation for Certification and Accreditation
  13. Legal Issues in GIS:An Overview of GIS Law, Public Access, Use, and Ownership of Data
  14. Ethics for the GIS Professional:Ethics and Professional Obligations, GISCI Code of Ethics
  15. Envisioning a Future
  16. References
  17. Index
  18. About the Authors