WebMapMedia: A map-based Web application for facilitating participation in spatial planning

Multimedia Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-21

  Nuojua, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

E Democracy; Geographic information systems; Google Maps mashup; Map based Web technology; Participatory planning; Spatial planning; Web 2.0; Web based participation

Indexed keywords

E-DEMOCRACY; GOOGLE MAPS; GOOGLE MAPS MASHUP; PARTICIPATORY PLANNING; SPATIAL PLANNING; WEB 2.0; WEB TECHNOLOGIES; WEB-BASED PARTICIPATION;

EXPERIMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; WEB SERVICES;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77949268940     PISSN: 09424962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00530-009-0175-z     Document Type: Article

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