Abstract
Abstract: In this paper, we present some results of research work that seeks to determine how the characteristics of geoinformation should be considered and included in the design of users' interfaces for a geoinformation system. Through well-known techniques of requirements engineering, we collected and documented the information obtained from potential users of a geoinformation system designed to be used for calculation of betterment taxes. Furthermore, we analyzed the users’ requirements to determine the characteristics of geoinformation in this particular case of tax calculation. We try to define how those geoinformation characteristics can be included in the requirements specification and how to consider them to help designing better geoinformation systems interfaces.
Highlights
In the last decades, researchers have pointed out that the production and use of maps is no longer an exclusive task of cartographers or geo-information experts (Green 1993, Brus, Dobesova, Kanok and Pechanec, 2010, Brown et al 2013)
We propose a Requirements Engineering (RE) approach to the design of interfaces for a geographical information system applied to the calculation of betterment tax
This paper is divided in three parts: first we introduce the requirements engineering process and methodology used in the research; we present the results obtained with the application of these methodology in a betterment tax calculation situation; last, we conclude the paper, and provide suggestions for future research
Summary
Researchers have pointed out that the production and use of maps is no longer an exclusive task of cartographers or geo-information experts (Green 1993, Brus, Dobesova, Kanok and Pechanec, 2010, Brown et al 2013). Significant problems can be observed, as a consequence of spreading geo-information in different human activities: the lack of theoretical knowledge in cartography results in cartographic products with communication problems (Green 1993), deficiencies in understanding the significance of data (and their analysis), lack of context for data use or data control (Brown et al, 2013), usability and interface interaction problems (Yun and Yufen, 2011), to point out a few. The knowledge acquired by technicians and planners, when interacting with geographical information systems, must be correct for the required application of taxes. Based on guidelines and adaptations from well documented practices found in the RE literature, proposed by Sluter et al (2016), we intend to understand how geoinformation affect system requirements description, and what can be changed or modified in the documentation process to include geo-information. This paper is divided in three parts: first we introduce the requirements engineering process and methodology used in the research; we present the results obtained with the application of these methodology in a betterment tax calculation situation; last, we conclude the paper, and provide suggestions for future research
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