GIS IS DEAD; LONG LIVE GIS!

Changes in technology, especially advances in object-oriented programming systems and widespread digital connectivity via the World Wide Web, are fundamentally restructuring the way planners will interact with computers and with the data and models that reside on those computers. The article examines significant trends in remote geographic information systems (GIS), emerging standards for the specification of spatial objects, spatial data libraries, object-oriented programming, and Internet-based programming languages such as Java. These trends point to a future when the next paradigm for GIS will be planning support systems with embedded spatial data and process models, enabling stakeholders in the planning process to focus more on the "what" and the "why" rather than the "how" of GIS-based models.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Planning Association

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• Authors:
  • Heikkila, E J
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 350-360
• Serial:
  • Journal of the American Planning Association
  • Volume: 64
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Planning Association
  • ISSN: 0194-4363
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpa20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programming languages; Geographic information systems; Internet; Object oriented programming; Planning; Remote control; Specifications; Technological innovations; Websites
• Old TRIS Terms: Process models; Remote systems; Spatial abstraction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00753201
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 7 1998 12:00AM