Grassroots groups as stakeholders in spatial data infrastructures: Challenges and opportunities for local data development and sharing

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-90

  Elwood, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Data sharing; Local knowledge; PPGIS; Spatial data infrastructures

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; GIS; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SPATIAL DATA; STAKEHOLDER;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549101900     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810701348971     Document Type: Article

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