Trends in GIS The End of Bespoke Web-based GIS Viewers and the Beginning of Information Architecture g.

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Trends in GISThe End of Bespoke Web-based GIS
Viewers and the Beginning of Information
Architecture g.

• Rob Garrett
• Dunedin City Council

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Content

• GIS trends
• Website information architecture
• Web GIS Viewers
• Open data
• A new approach

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GEOSPATIAL IN THE MAIN STREAM
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GEOSPATIAL IN THE MAIN STREAM
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Website Information architecture
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Website Information architecture
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The Multi-purpose GIS viewer
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Open Data
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Summary of trends

• Geospatial is mainstream
• Customer information needs are largely based on
  discrete themes
• Data is becoming more open
• Technology is more useable
• People are better placed to use it

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New Approach
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Dunedin City Approach

• Embedded theme based content on the website
  (including geospatial)
• Open data
• Focus on services rather than downloads
• Not just geospatial
• Decommission Web GIS Viewer

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Fin

• Questions?