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Usability of Internet Geographic Information Systems

Authors: Komárková Jitka | Hub Miloslav | Máchová Renáta | Naiman Karel

Year: 2006

Type of publication: článek v odborném periodiku

Name of source: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on COMMUNICATIONS

Publisher name: WSEAS Press

Place: Athens

Page from-to: 2057-2063

Titles:

Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
cze	Použitelnost Internetových geografických informačních systémů	DNes je stále větší poornost věnována možnostem zpřístupnění prostorových informací koncovým uživatelům a použitelnosti těchto aplikací. Požadavky jednotlivých typů uživatelů musí být repsektovány již ve fázi návrhu aplikce. V příspěvku je shrnuta situace v dané oblasti a je navržen a realizován postup testování použitelnosti vybrané aplikace.
eng	Usability of Internet Geographic Information Systems	Direct and easy access of end users to geoinformation belongs to the contemporary development trends in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). It means that theer is a strong effort to geoenable the Web and provide so called GIservices. Today, four main kinds of Internet GIS users are usually distinguished. Their functional needs should be respected during the system analysis and design to provide satisfactory user-friendly environment. This is one of the reasons why so called user-centric design is more and more demanded and attention is paid to usability of provided Internet solutions. This article focuses on Internet GIS users and their needs so the state of art is described. Than, two case studies are briefly described to show the increasing importance of Internet GIS and their usability. Finally, usability testing of selected Internet GIS is described.	Internet geographic information systems, Internet GIS, GeoWeb, Usability testing

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