[Aust-NZ] interesting paper on understanding spatial data usability

[Ross Johnson]

Understanding Spatial Data Usability
 
Gary J. Hunter1), Monica Wachowicz2) and Arnold K. Bregt2) 
 
1) Department of Geomatics, University of Melbourne
2) Centre for Geo-Information
In recent geographical information science literature, a number of researchers have made passing reference to an apparently new characteristic of spatial data known as 'usability'. While this attribute is well-known to professionals engaged in software engineering and computer interface design and testing, extension of the concept to embrace information would seem to be a new development. Furthermore, while notions such as the use and value of spatial information, and the diffusion of spatial information systems, have been the subject of research since the late-1980s, the current references to usability clearly represent something which extends well beyond that initial research. Accordingly, the purposes of this paper are: (1) to understand what is meant by spatial data usability; (2) to identify the elements that might comprise usability; and (3) to consider what the related research questions might be.



 		 	   		  
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