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Article: Spatial data access by the grassroots.(Public Participation Geographic Information Systems)
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- Cartography and Geographic Information Science
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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Introduction
Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) explore the normative avenues by which GIS can engage more and diverse members of society in public policy making (Schroeder 1996). (1) Researchers have demonstrated that in the PPGIS process, access to geographic information/technology is embedded in local organizational and political contexts and in broader societal milieus (see for example, the URISA Journal double issue on access and participatory approaches, published in 2003). Whereas the concept has received intense scrutiny, PPGIS scholars have diverged on its definition. Access has been variously characterized as information about ...