CitizenGIS
A citizen GIS is the name for a geographical information system that is made available to citizens by municipalities via the Internet.
concept
The content of a Citizen GIS are images of digital maps as originally created, maintained and used in the respective local government . The aim is to make the cartographic basis of municipal decision-making processes transparent for the citizens. The boundary to city plans is basically fluid - in terms of content, a citizen GIS is primarily distinguished by the provision of land use maps or cadastral maps and mostly also by orthophotos (aerial photographs). In addition, BürgerGIS are characterized by the provision of highly specialized map levels, e.g. B. Zoning plan cadastre , maps from local mappings (e.g. biotope mapping) or from disaster control (e.g. local / regional flood hazard).
application
Functionally, a Citizen GIS differs through the intensive use of external map levels ( WebMapServices ) and the associated networking, especially of official map servers within the framework of the spatial data infrastructure (GDI).
Well-known examples are:
- Citizen GIS of the Offenbach district, since 2002
- Citizen GIS of the Bergstrasse district, since 2008
- BürgerGIS of the district of Schwäbisch Hall, since 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ BürgerGIS Kreis Offenbach ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ BürgerGIS Bergstrasse district
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
