Incorporating GISs (geographic information systems) into decision support systems: Where have we come from and where do we need to go

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6980310

Honea, R B; Hake, K A; Durfee, R C

This paper reviews some of the pitfalls in the design and use of GISs that were encountered with both large and small projects for a variety of sponsors. The stand-alone, self-sufficient GIS world prevalent today does not adequately meet the needs of decision support systems. Developers of these systems are left with the difficult task of software system integration which generally produces less than adequate results. Modularization of GIS concepts is critical to the solution which involves the establishment of a GIS toolkit. More functionality and flexibility are introduced through this approach so that GIS may be truly applied'' in system development projects.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6980310
• Report Number(s): CONF-9003104-1; ON: DE90008749
• Resource Relation: Conference: GIS 90 conference, Vancouver (UK), 12-16 Mar 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTER NETWORKS
COMPUTERS
DECISION MAKING
DESIGN
MICROCOMPUTERS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
990300* - Information Handling
990200 - Mathematics & Computers