Embodied GIS - A Concept for GIS Diffusion

1993 ◽  
pp. 195-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Zwart
Keyword(s):  
Gis Diffusion

Social Network Analysis as a Tool for Understanding the Diffusion of GIS Innovations: The Greek GIS Community

10.1068/b2667 ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitris G Assimakopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Structural Equivalence ◽  
Relevant Social Groups ◽  
Disciplinary Background ◽  
Gis Diffusion

In this paper I will show how social network analysis techniques can be used for understanding GIS diffusion at a national scale. In particular, two network models, cohesion and structural equivalence, are explored in the context of the emerging Greek GIS community. A map of this community based on GIS teams and linkages is put forward, and two social constructs, institutional setting and disciplinary background, are used to highlight the heterogeneous context within which GIS are embedded across a whole country. The findings suggest that specific actors such as the Greek ESRI vendor and relevant social groups such as the teams with a surveying engineering background take centre stage in the diffusion of GIS innovations in Greece in the early 1990s.

Great Britain: the dynamics of GIS diffusion

GIS Diffusion ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Ian Masser ◽  
Heather Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Gis Diffusion

GIS diffusion in Uganda

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 884-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Eria ◽  
Robert B. McMaster
Keyword(s):  
Gis Diffusion
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