GIS software has different useful tools that can be used for sites, demographic and competitive analysis. These tools enable retail and market researchers to find solutions related to many retail planning issues. The aim of this paper is to use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for retail location assessment of two retail centers called Al-Dawly and Al-Mahmal centers located at Jeddah city...

Geographic information systems are a part of the "building whole systems" tradition of computer science, combining aspects from many disciplines within the field. To understand the research needs at the intersection of computing and GIS, we need to understand the goals and purpose of GIS users and developers. A GIS is not a "database with spatial spice" or "nomadic computing with location throw...

When facing local environmental issues, maps are a very effective tool. They can help in collecting facts about an area, bring issues to the table, allow for comparison between areas, act as a tool of communication with local decision makers, and identify key issues for action. While the maps on their own do not alter the power relationships within which communities live their lives, many studi...

This paper presents a new design for a census-based binational geographic information system. GIS has had limited application intra-censally i.e. between nations. The reasons are the formidable obstacles of standardization of attributes, matching of meaning of attributes, consistency of data-bases, and consistency of boundary files. Many problems in public administration can be solved by using ...

Usability of web-based geographic information systems (GIS) applications is very important because these applications are mostly focused on end users, i.e. on people who may have only a very limited knowledge of GIS, if any. Many various usability evaluation methods have been developed. Some of them involve real users or their representatives, some of them are based only on GIS experts evaluati...

Geographic information systems (GIS) are becoming more usual due to the improved performance of computer systems. The traditional three-tier architecture for information systems is being used for the software architecture of GIS, but geographic information has some special qualities that make the use of the traditional architecture inappropriate. We analyze in this paper the special characteris...

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have not yet been widely introduced to secondary school geography education in Finland. However, in the outline of the new national curriculum for upper secondary schools, GIS is incorporated into the elective, advanced geography course. The Finnish universities will therefore face new challenges in reconstructing their degree requirements for geography te...

Geographic information systems (GIS) and geographic information technologies (GIT) are increasingly employed in research and development projects that incorporate community participation. For example, there are now applications involving indigenous natural resource mapping in arctic and tropical regions within the Americas (Marozas, 1993; Cultural Survival Quarterly, 1995; Bond, this volume). T...