Dissertation Research: A Case Study of Infrastructures for Sharing Geographic Information Among Environmental Agencies

约翰·D·费列拉埃文斯麻省理工学院，城市研究与规划系论文改进研究：环境机构间地理信息共享架构的案例研究本项目旨在确定为什么如此少的环境机构，而不是在提供环境数据的业务，共享地理信息，尽管需要在保护共有自然资源和最近网络信息设施的增长方面进行合作。 初步研究表明，原因是技术和非技术因素的结合，目前尚不清楚。 深入的案例研究将分析和比较美国政府机构的四个“联盟”，这些联盟正在建立“共享基础设施”，以交换环境数据并有意义地使用它。 这项研究将寻找网络共享信息对环境管理人员工作的影响，然后确定和比较“共享基础设施”的意图、设计和架构，以及由此产生的共享信息的质量和数量。 该研究将侧重于信息共享技术解决方案的开发，评估当今的信息共享网络，并强调有效的组织战略和基于信息的协作的技术增长路径。

Ferriera John D. Evans MIT, Department of Urban Studies and Planning Dissertation Improvement Research: A Case Study of Infrastructures for Sharing Geographic Information Among Environmental Agencies This project seeks to determine why so few environmental agencies, not in the business of providing environmental data, share geographic information, despite the need to collaborate in protecting shared natural resources and the recent growth of networked information facilities. Initial studies suggest the reasons are a still-unclear combination of both technical and non- technical factors. An in-depth case study will analyze and compare four `coalitions` of government agencies in the U.S. that are building `sharing infrastructures` to exchange environmental data and use it meaningfully. The study will search for impacts of networked-shared information on the work of environmental managers, then determine and compare the intent, design, and architecture of the `sharing infrastructures,` and the quality and quantity of shared information that has resulted. The study will focus t he development of technical solutions to information sharing, evaluate present-day networks for information sharing, and highlight effective organizational strategies and technological growth paths for information-based collaboration.