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Smart Spatial Information Systems: Extending Geographic Information Systems in the Space Age
Author(s) -
Jarman Alan M.G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of contingencies and crisis management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.007
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5973
pISSN - 0966-0879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5973.1993.tb00114.x
Subject(s) - geographic information system , context (archaeology) , hazard , computer science , space (punctuation) , information system , spatial contextual awareness , emergency management , risk analysis (engineering) , systems engineering , engineering , geography , business , remote sensing , chemistry , archaeology , organic chemistry , law , political science , electrical engineering , operating system
The use of geographic information systems (GISs) in local, regional and state governments is increasing, now at a rapid rate, with regard to conventional applications. However, the requirements of emergency management are not usually included within the design and original phases of GIS's acquisition. The author believes that it is both necessary and technically possible to define emergency‐related applications into specifications. With regard to ‘creeping crises’, this is a matter of urgency, so that hazard index analysis should be conducted at the onset of systems' design. The role of a range of existing and future space technologies is also considered in the context of enhancing existing GISs, especially with regard to remote sensing applications.