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Geo‐Social Model: A Conceptual Framework for Real‐time Geocollaboration
Author(s) -
Chang Zheng Eric,
Li Songnian
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transactions in gis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9671
pISSN - 1361-1682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2012.01352.x
Subject(s) - geospatial analysis , computer science , ontology , context (archaeology) , negotiation , conceptual model , task (project management) , conceptual framework , knowledge management , data science , process management , systems engineering , engineering , database , geography , sociology , social science , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , cartography
Synchronous geocollaboration helps geographically dispersed people to work together in a shared geospatial environment. Its real‐time nature, multiple users' interaction and diversity of work context impose some special social, organizational and technological requirements, making the development of such real‐time geocollaboration systems a challenging task. A conceptual framework is therefore needed to specify and describe what synchronous geocollaboration is, considering its social, spatial and technical aspects. The geo‐social model presented in this article describes a conceptual framework for synchronous geocollaboration systems addressing the above aspects, identifies the core elements of the system and describes how these elements collaborate with each other. This model is presented using application‐level ontology and is then applied to a multi‐agent system based prototype in which multiple users can interact and negotiate in a shared 3 D geospatial environment.