CyberGIS software: A synthetic review and integration roadmap

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2122-2145

  Wang, Shaowen ^a,b   Anselin, Luc ^c   Bhaduri, Budhendra ^d   Crosby, Christopher ^e   Goodchild, Michael F ^f   Liu, Yan ^a   Nyerges, Timothy L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e University of Connecticut   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CyberGIS; cyberinfrastructure; geographic information science; spatial analysis and modeling

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GIS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 84887180483     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2013.776049     Document Type: Review

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