User Needs and the Implications for Modelling Place Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:3420741, abstract = {Focusing on vague and vernacular aspects of place, results are reported from a qualitative empirical study of workplace end-users of geographic information. The study revealed certain patterns of need for place and placename data; these are compared with current sources of place information and with various proposed methods for modelling vagueness in geographic extents. Conclusions centre around the need for multiple methods in multiple use contexts, and for further research into the vague and vernacular phenomena of place itself.}, author = {Davies, Clare and Holt, Ian and Green, Jenny and Harding, Jenny and Diamond, Lucy}, booktitle = {International Workshop on Computational Models of Place}, citeulike-article-id = {3420741}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/winter/place/}, day = {23}, keywords = {place-names, usability}, location = {Park City, Utah}, month = {September}, posted-at = {2008-10-16 14:53:52}, priority = {2}, title = {User Needs and the Implications for Modelling Place}, url = {http://www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/winter/place/}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3420741 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3420741 N2 - Focusing on vague and vernacular aspects of place, results are reported from a qualitative empirical study of workplace end-users of geographic information. The study revealed certain patterns of need for place and placename data; these are compared with current sources of place information and with various proposed methods for modelling vagueness in geographic extents. Conclusions centre around the need for multiple methods in multiple use contexts, and for further research into the vague and vernacular phenomena of place itself. CY - Park City, Utah TI - User Needs and the Implications for Modelling Place T2 - International Workshop on Computational Models of Place KW - place-names KW - usability AU - Davies, Clare AU - Holt, Ian AU - Green, Jenny AU - Harding, Jenny AU - Diamond, Lucy PY - 2008/09/23/ UR - http://www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/winter/place/ ER -