Effectiveness measures for geographical information systems (GIS)

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) often do not meet the expectations of users and management, raising questions and doubts as to their overall success and effectiveness. To date the majority of GIS research has focused on technical issues, and management research has approached GIS effectiveness from a purely cost benefit perspective. This study adopts a holistic, multi-perspective approach to the issue of GIS effectiveness, identifying measures of effectiveness related to the fields of Information Systems (IS), Management Information Systems (MIS) and GIS. It applies these measures using the case study methodology in a small South African local authority, the Ceres Municipality.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Division of Geomatics

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Tanner, Christopher Barrat

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Barry, Michael B

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16088

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/16088