By: Watse Castelein
Abstract:
This thesis elaborates on GIS as a shared service centre (SCC) activity. This has been done by exploring the general theory of a SSC and taking into account the specific demands of a GIS shared service centre. Important issues were their role as coordinating body of the spatial data infrastructures and their role in diffusion of GIS knowledge in an organisation.
To gain insight in the status and developments of GIS (shared service) centres a selection of seven national and international case studies has been made and a methodology has been developed to compare the organisation and development of the case studies.