economic aspects | GIS&T Body of Knowledge

Distinguish between operational, organizational, and societal activities that rely upon geospatial information
Describe the potential benefits of geospatial information in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, and equity
Explain how cost-benefit analyses can be manipulated
Compare and contrast the evaluation of benefits at different scales (e.g., national, regional/state, local)
Identify practical problems in defining and measuring the value of geospatial information in land or other business decisions

Describe perspectives on the nature and scope of system benefits among agency officials, organizational personnel, and citizens
Discuss implications of unequal economic power on the kinds of organizations that use, and benefit from, GIS&T

Describe recent models of the benefits of GIS&T applications
Explain how profit considerations have shaped the evolution of GIS&T
Outline the elements of a business case that justifies an organization’s investment in an enterprise geospatial information infrastructure
Discuss the extent to which external costs and benefits enhance the economic case for GIS

Explain how the saying “developing data is the largest single cost of implementing GIS” could be true for an organization that is already collecting data as part of its regular operations
Describe some non-fiduciary barriers to GIS implementation
Summarize what the literature suggests as means for overcoming some of the non-fiduciary barriers to GIS implementation
Outline sources of additional costs associated with development of an enterprise GIS
Outline the categories of costs that an organization should anticipate as it plans to design and implement a GIS

Discuss the general role of information in economics
Describe the role of economics in the use of geospatial information
Describe the role of economics in public and private production of geospatial information

Discuss the general role of information in economics
Describe the role of economics in the use of geospatial information
Describe the role of economics in public and private production of geospatial information

Describe perspectives on the nature and scope of system benefits among agency officials, organizational personnel, and citizens
Discuss implications of unequal economic power on the kinds of organizations that use, and benefit from, GIS&T

Distinguish between operational, organizational, and societal activities that rely upon geospatial information
Describe the potential benefits of geospatial information in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, and equity
Explain how cost-benefit analyses can be manipulated
Compare and contrast the evaluation of benefits at different scales (e.g., national, regional/state, local)
Identify practical problems in defining and measuring the value of geospatial information in land or other business decisions

Explain how the saying “developing data is the largest single cost of implementing GIS” could be true for an organization that is already collecting data as part of its regular operations
Describe some non-fiduciary barriers to GIS implementation
Summarize what the literature suggests as means for overcoming some of the non-fiduciary barriers to GIS implementation
Outline sources of additional costs associated with development of an enterprise GIS
Outline the categories of costs that an organization should anticipate as it plans to design and implement a GIS

Describe recent models of the benefits of GIS&T applications
Explain how profit considerations have shaped the evolution of GIS&T
Outline the elements of a business case that justifies an organization’s investment in an enterprise geospatial information infrastructure
Discuss the extent to which external costs and benefits enhance the economic case for GIS

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