The Application of Research and Development from the Information Systems Field to GIS Implementation in Local Government: Some Theories on Successful Adoption and Use of GIS Technology

GIS for E-Planning in India

“…The highway engineer then worked towards creating the basemap which was digitized by the Survey of India to be eventually used by eGovernments Foundation for mapping properties. Such a coordinated action has been recommended by scholars in the past (Croswell, 1991;Huxhold, 1993;Budic, 1998;Walsham & Sahay, 1999), especially for basemap creation. A key element in GIS usage is base maps required at a variety of scales and detail.…”

“…Municipal corporations in Delhi, Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan-Dombivili and local urban agencies in the state of Karnataka have adopted various ebased strategies to provide services to citizens and are being heralded as effective, transparent and efficient (Teeffelen & Baud, 2011). Notably, the projects utilize GIS due to its immense potential of service delivery for public administration purposes, as demonstrated in western countries in the past (Croswell, 1991;Budic, 1994;Budic & Godschalk, 1994;Huxhold, 1993;Onsrud & Pinto, 1993;Campbell & Masser, 1995;Gilfoyle & Thorpe, 2004;Mukherjee & Ghose, 2009).…”

Theoretical Model of Multipurpose Land Information Systems Development

“…The first category of indicators is Use of Technology which describes the nature and extent of the technologies utilized in the MPLIS. Examples of this from the Use of Technology hardware/software for data analysis hardware/software for data conversion public access terminals communication linkages between computers convenience of collecting your own information convenience of using information collected by other agencies on-site measurement of feature locations image-based measurement of feature locations Transfer of Data arrangements for sharing data between agencies use of a common data exchange format data available to general public data transferred in new formats data available in formats not previously feasible Improved Data Quality data collection and input standards data in digital format consistency of data format use of common datum and projection more complete data Improved Agency Data Management generation of new products and tasks cost of traditional products and services fast information input and output reduction of duplicate information fast delivery of traditional services and products sophistication of tasks uniform information management procedures Education and Training Opportunities education of agency managers education of elected officials education of citizens and non-technical users training programs for personnel Change in Decision Making Process trust when decisions are based on land information technology changed political power distribution due to land information technology support for sustaining systems cheap and fast access to land information information accessed and used by more people altered personnel costs and activities Impacts on Land Related Decisions reduced conflict over resource decisions measured improvements in environmental quality improved ability to assess cost of land regulations create predictive and retrospective resource models provide early identification of resource problems encouraging economic development improved zoning compliance improved tax assessment improved infrastructure management protection of private property rights literature include the presence of computer systems (French and Wiggins 1989, Huxhold 1993, Tulloch et al 1995, and physical conditions permitting sharing of and public access to data and information Rushton 1995, Smith andGluck 1996). The specific indicators are hardware/software for data analysis, hardware/ software for data conversion, public access terminals, communication linkages between computers, convenience of collecting your own information, convenience of using information collected by other agencies, on-site measurement of feature locations, and image-based measurement of feature locations.…”

“…The category of Improved Agency Data Management combines a series of specific organization activities concerned with the management and use of the data. The literature includes examples of a variety of system and data management procedural issues (Huxhold 1993) and case study examples with these outcomes from systems like Milwaukee (Somers 1989) and Dane County (Tulloch and Niemann 1996). The specific indicators of improved agency data management are generation of new products and tasks, cost of traditional products and services, fast information input and output, reduction of duplicate information, fast delivery of traditional services and products, sophistication of tasks, and uniform information management procedures.…”

GIS and Natural Resource Planning in Papua New Guinea: A Contextual Analysis

“…following the introduction of information technologies, and planning scholars have made rapid progress applying these broader findings to the specific relationship between GIS and planning (for example, see Campbell and Masser, 1995;Huxhold, 1993;Innes and Simpson, 1993;Moore, 1993;Nedovic¨-Budic¨, 1997). Drawing on the conceptual positions of diffusion of innovation theory and research on the nature of organizational change, Nedovic¨-Budic¨(1997) casts this relationship as a process of mutual adaptation'.…”