2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
 DISCUSS: an Alternative For Taking Decisions With an Incomplete SDI Track: Spatial Data Infrastructure Author(s): Daniel Paez, Ian Bishop, Ian Williamson An ideal situation for a country or region will be to have a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) containing the datasets and models necessary to support all the planning and decision processes. Often, especially in developing countries, this is not the case. Can governments take good and valid decisions in cases where the available SDI is not capable of having all the datasets or models required for the decision? In order to approach this question we have developed a decision support system called DISCUSS (decision information system for community understanding of spatial scenarios). DISCUSS is a customised application under ArcMap and uses a fuzzy logic methodology to incorporate the soft information from the experts and the community into the decision process. The System and the maps that it produces are being tested in a case study with long-term consequences for a large area of south-eastern Australia. Daniel Paez The University of Melbourne Geomatics 207 / 38 Bank St. South Melbourne , VI 3205 AU Phone: 03 83444243 Fax: 03 9347 2916 E-mail: dpaez@sunrise.sli.unimelb.edu.au Ian Bishop The University of Melbourne Geomatics Department of Geomatics Parkville , VICTORIA 3010 AU Phone: 61+3+83447500 E-mail: idbishop@unimelb.edu.au Ian Williamson The University of Melbourne Geomatics Department The University of Melbourne Parkville , VICTORIA 3010 AU Phone: 61-3-83444431 E-mail: ianpw@unimelb.edu.au |
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