Spatial information accessibility in South Australia from the Internet: a national comparison
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2012
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Corcoran, P.A.
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Journal of Internet Business, 2012; (10):2-25
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The Australian spatial industry has been the preserve of experts, but with the emergence of disruptive technologies e.g. Google Earth, new users have emerged into this domain with differing needs, desires and aspirations. Such a group exists in South Australia and to enable their further use, free and accessible spatial information is a necessity as without this key component there can be no applications. There is debate within Australia as to the accessibility of spatial information and consequently this paper compared the accessibility in South Australia against the other states and territories. Internet searches were used to identify webpages that provided spatial information and results were analysed using an Information Retrieval metric, ranking procedure and the assessment of industry sector. The research revealed spatial information was accessible, but it was not an easy task due to numerous industry nomenclature, delivery mechanisms and indecisions with regards to most suitable business model to employ.
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Copyright 2012 Curtin University of Technology