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The Myths Of G-Tech For Business Decision Making, Tin Seong Kam
The Myths Of G-Tech For Business Decision Making, Tin Seong Kam
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
More than 80% of organisation data are location related - the locations where transactions are done, where retailers are found, and of customers who buy their products. Since the early 2005, there has been an increasing interest among the business community to use geospatial technology to enhance decision making process at both strategic and operational levels. Millions of dollars and man-hours have been invested into driving their geo-technology development and implementation. The use of geospatial technology in business, however, tends to confine to simple mapping. Many of these failures are the victims of misperception. Some of the perpetrators are practitioners. …
Riga: A Rich Internet Geospatial Analytics Application For Area-Based Data, Tin Seong Kam
Riga: A Rich Internet Geospatial Analytics Application For Area-Based Data, Tin Seong Kam
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
In this information age, more and more public statistical data such as population census, household living, local economy and business establishment are distributed over the internet within the framework of spatial data infrastructure. By and large, these data are organized geographically such as region, province as well as district. Usually, they are published in the form of digital maps over the internet as simple points, lines and polygons markers limited or no analytical function available to transform these data into useful information. To meet the analytical needs of casual public data users, we contribute RIGA, a rich internet geospatial analytics …