"The results of the experiments demonstrated that a variety of computational and
visual tools is needed to support different decision making styles"(Gennady, 2003)
Anyways, I am pretty sure the internet and GPS and the rise of ridiculous amounts of data from phones has led to an increased interest in GIS. It's like the world is flooded with spatial data suddenly and people are fishing through, trying to make some sense of it. I first became interested in mapping when I did the behavioral mapping project. I did not use GIS or GPS data, instead I just gathered it myself through observation. I then digitized it and that's when I started to realize how and why there is a whole world of digital mapping that I have been ignorant about.
"Participatory spatial planning and decision making requires a combination of software
tools for group decision support, individual decision support and geographic analysis and
presentation."(Voss, 2004)
"The analytic component provides technical information that ensures broad-based, competent perspectives. GIS has provided technical information in such processes as maps can represent changes in landscapes.The deliberative component provides an opportunity to givevoice to choices about values, alternatives and recommendations." (Nyerges, 2005)
What I currently think is interesting is how the spatial data makes its way to inform a design. I actually don't think we are there yet with software or with intuitive design processes where we can take spatial data and systematically explain the best way to use it. Its really hard to look at a bunch of dots on a map and figure out what it is telling you about a place...But I believe that's where the key lies for future research and discovery. Its also where other disciplines can really help/inform architecture. So much work in spatial data analysis has been a part of ecology and urban planning and though architecture may not use digital collection tools, it is possible to collect analogue data that can be digitized, and in the end, use the same analysis methods.
"The first thing one discovers on closer inspection of the literature is that the supposed
inefficiency of consensus-based decision making has not been empirically demonstrated." (Leach, 2016)
Statistical spatial data analysis is pretty complicated and way out of my knowledge set, but I am pretty interested in learning more.
References
Gennady, Andrienko, Andrienko Natalia, and Jankowski Piotr. 2003. “Building Spatial Decision Support Tools for Individuals and Groups.” Journal of Decision Systems 12 (2): 193–208.Leach, Darcy K. 2016. “When Freedom Is Not an Endless Meeting: A New Look at Efficiency in Consensus-Based Decision Making.” The Sociological Quarterly 57 (1): 36–70.
Nyerges, Timothy. 2005. “Scaling-up as a Grand Challenge for Public Participation GIS.” Directions Magazine.
Voss, Angi, Ivan Denisovich, Peter Gatalsky, Kiriakos Gavouchidis, Andreas Klotz, Stefanie Roeder, and Hans Voss. 2004. “Evolution of a Participatory GIS.” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 28 (6): 635–51.
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