Results of three case studies for assessing motivators and barriers of address data sharing in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorSebake, Malete Daniel
dc.contributor.authorCoetzee, Serena Martha
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-27T07:07:29Z
dc.date.available2012-02-27T07:07:29Z
dc.date.issued2012-01
dc.descriptionThis paper reports on Malete Daniel Sebake’s research for his Master of Information Technology (M.IT), supervised by Dr. Serena Coetzee from the University of Pretoria.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe value of GIS data in the functioning of both public and private organizations has increased enormously, to the extent that it is difficult to imagine a modern organization without the use of GI technologies. Currently, organizations use GIS data, especially spatial address data, to locate their customers and to deliver products and services to their doorsteps. In South Africa, the spatial address data are found in separate address databases, which are maintained by different organizations, with minimal or no cooperation among them. Contrary to research evidence pointing to the benefits of organizations sharing spatial data, most organizations still show inability and reluctance to participate in spatial data sharing initiatives; thus perpetuating the costly duplication of efforts in data handling and storage. The authors used a case study approach to assess the issues that motivate or obstruct GIS data sharing among three address organizations in South Africa. This paper presents the results of the three cases, and their implications on the interorganizational GIS data sharing initiatives as they occur in spatial data infrastructures (SDIs), particularly the South African SDI. It is our hope that these findings pertaining to motivators or barriers for interorganizational GIS data sharing (as it was applied to the three cases) will provide valuable lessons to guide organizations to develop and implement successful data sharing initiatives.en
dc.description.librariannf2012en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Council for Geoscience in South Africa financially supported the M.IT studies.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajg.org.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationSebake, MD & Coetzee, S 2011, 'Results of three case studies for assessing motivators and barriers of address data sharing in South Africa', South African Journal of Geomatics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 32-43.en
dc.identifier.issn2225-8531
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/18235
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCONSAS Conferenceen_US
dc.rightsCONSAS Conferenceen
dc.subjectGIS data sharingen
dc.subject.lcshGeodatabases -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshGeographic information systems -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshComputer file sharing -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshSpatial data infrastructures -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshInternet addresses -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshDirectory services (Computer network technology) -- South Africaen
dc.titleResults of three case studies for assessing motivators and barriers of address data sharing in South Africaen
dc.typeArticleen

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