A Bigger Picture: Information Systems and Spatial Data Infrastructure Research Perspectives

Miscione, G. et al. (2009) “A Bigger Picture: Information Systems and Spatial Data Infrastructure Research Perspectives” In: Proceedings of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure 11 World Conference: SDI Convergence: Building SDI Bridges to Address Global Challenges, June 15–19, Rotterdam, The Nethe

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Yola Georgiadou

University of Twente - Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)

Francis Harvey

University of Minnesota

Gianluca Miscione

University College Dublin (UCD) - College of Business and Law; Oxford Internet Institute

Date Written: 2009

Abstract

A weakness of spatial data infrastructure (SDI) studies has been the limited uptake of research outside of positivist and scientific-technological perspectives. To put it simply, a study of a SDI without considering other philosophies of knowledge will be greatly constrained to technical and administrative organizational dimensions. The ontological uniformity of SDI studies is unnecessarily restrictive. While valuable in a narrowly defined framework of project, SDI studies should consider the larger set of interactions involving actors in political, administrative and socio-technical domains. We review the development of information system research approaches and consider key positions from its diverse ontologies (positivism and interpretivism) and theories (strategic alignment, interactionism and social construction). We point to possible ways to consider these positions in SDI research.

Keywords: SDI, information systems, governance, science and technology studies

Suggested Citation

Georgiadou, Yola and Harvey, Francis and Miscione, Gianluca, A Bigger Picture: Information Systems and Spatial Data Infrastructure Research Perspectives (2009). Miscione, G. et al. (2009) “A Bigger Picture: Information Systems and Spatial Data Infrastructure Research Perspectives” In: Proceedings of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure 11 World Conference: SDI Convergence: Building SDI Bridges to Address Global Challenges, June 15–19, Rotterdam, The Nethe, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3911357

Yola Georgiadou

University of Twente - Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) ( email )

Netherlands

Francis Harvey

University of Minnesota ( email )

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Gianluca Miscione (Contact Author)

University College Dublin (UCD) - College of Business and Law ( email )

Ireland

Oxford Internet Institute ( email )

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University of Oxford
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United Kingdom

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