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GEOSPATICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE
Citation:
BRILIS, G. GEOSPATICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE. Presented at American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Tampa, FL, May 07 - 11, 2007.
Impact/Purpose:
The overall objective of this task is to provide the Agency with improved science guidance and strategies for more effective science management and administration.
Description:
Most of the geospatial data in use are originated electronically. As a result, these data are acquired, stored, transformed, processed, presented, and archived electronically. The organized system of computer hardware and software used in these processes is called an Information Technology System (IT). Eventually, the information residing in an IT must be communicated and managed between and within organizations. The system controlling this process is an Information Management System (IM). Increasingly, organizations are using IT/IM to acquire record, manipulate, store, and archive their data and results. Portions of the IT or IM are known to occasionally ¿go bad.¿ When this happens, the resident data and information may become corrupt, and may do so without the operators¿ knowledge. This presentation establishes some principles that can be used to evaluate and monitor the IT and IM systems. In addition, the critical juncture of the computer-human interface is also discussed.