Information Sharing in an Interorganizational GIS Environment

Zorica Nedović-Budić and Jeffrey K Pinto
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Zorica Nedović-Budić: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 111 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, 611 East Lorado Taft Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Jeffrey K Pinto: School of Business, Pennsylvania State University-Erie, Station Road, Erie, PA 16563, USA

Environment and Planning B, 2000, vol. 27, issue 3, 455-474

Abstract: The increased acceptance and use of computerized GIS and digital data sets in private and public organizations in the United States has been in recent years further encouraged by the Federal initiatives which promote sharing of geographic data. In spite of the obvious benefits in terms of efficiency and effectiveness to be derived from sharing geographic information both within and between organizations, the idea continues to be resisted, leading to inefficiencies from duplication of data collection and storage. Using case-study methodology, we examine in this research the mechanisms and behavioral factors that can facilitate or inhibit the willingness of organizations to share GIS and databases. Five cases, including organizations with varied levels of joint GIS and database activities, were studied to determine the characteristics underlying successful interorganizational GIS. Our findings offer a number of suggestions for organizations seeking to derive maximum benefits from the interorganizational GIS activities.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1068/b2652

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