In pursuit of the effective neighborhood information system: User-friendliness and training

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 166-173

  Hwang, Sungsoo ^a   Hoffman, Mark C ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community information; Data access; GIS, Online mapping; Neighborhood Information System; Training; User friendliness

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949085146     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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