CoastGIS’99: geomatics and coastal environment
The pollution is due to a tanker lorry accident causing spillage of 30 m
3
of heavy fuel oil. The accident occurs on a road, the fuel slick flows into
a gutter then through a canal to a shipping channel, which comes out
to the open waters of the gulf of Fos.
Evaluation
To evaluate their satisfaction level regarding both GeoPro and the
application demonstrated during the field trials, users participating in
the exercise were interviewed face to face, using an open questionnaire.
The conclusions were as follows:
• The GeoPro software proved to be easy to use after a short training
period;
• The GeoPro client software was generally found to answer the main
technical functionalities expected from it:
- access cartographic representation of data (users rated access to atlas
information as good),
- select different levels of details (good rating by users),
- select different graphical layers (good rating by users),
- access to remote databases (integration appreciated by users),
- access to information coming from more than one source (moderate
rating),
- simultaneous access to information with other users (was not fully
tested over the period, could be constrained by available network
bandwidth),
- modify geographical information at a distance (graffiti tool performances
were found too limited at present);
• Improvement was recommended for the graphical performances,
especially by users accustomed to full GIS systems;
• The functionalities of the GeoPro client software generally fulfilled
users’ application expectations;
• The general use of the client software was rated as too slow for use
in operational conditions, especially for crisis management (access to
server alone was rated as fair to poor depending on network bandwidth
availability);
• The users regretted that the client software ran only with a Netscape
browser, since the majority of them (port Authorities of Marseille,
industrial plant...) were using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser
by default.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the main question focuses on the perspectives for
exploiting such a system. It is accepted that it can play a relevant role
in ICZM, thanks to information exchange capacities providing decision
making support. This specific domain of ICZM involves various information processing such as sensitivity analysis, emergency planning,
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The pollution is due to a tanker lorry accident causing spillage of 30 m
3
of heavy fuel oil. The accident occurs on a road, the fuel slick flows into
a gutter then through a canal to a shipping channel, which comes out
to the open waters of the gulf of Fos.
Evaluation
To evaluate their satisfaction level regarding both GeoPro and the
application demonstrated during the field trials, users participating in
the exercise were interviewed face to face, using an open questionnaire.
The conclusions were as follows:
• The GeoPro software proved to be easy to use after a short training
period;
• The GeoPro client software was generally found to answer the main
technical functionalities expected from it:
- access cartographic representation of data (users rated access to atlas
information as good),
- select different levels of details (good rating by users),
- select different graphical layers (good rating by users),
- access to remote databases (integration appreciated by users),
- access to information coming from more than one source (moderate
rating),
- simultaneous access to information with other users (was not fully
tested over the period, could be constrained by available network
bandwidth),
- modify geographical information at a distance (graffiti tool performances
were found too limited at present);
• Improvement was recommended for the graphical performances,
especially by users accustomed to full GIS systems;
• The functionalities of the GeoPro client software generally fulfilled
users’ application expectations;
• The general use of the client software was rated as too slow for use
in operational conditions, especially for crisis management (access to
server alone was rated as fair to poor depending on network bandwidth
availability);
• The users regretted that the client software ran only with a Netscape
browser, since the majority of them (port Authorities of Marseille,
industrial plant...) were using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser
by default.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the main question focuses on the perspectives for
exploiting such a system. It is accepted that it can play a relevant role
in ICZM, thanks to information exchange capacities providing decision
making support. This specific domain of ICZM involves various information processing such as sensitivity analysis, emergency planning,
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