Accessibility of GI for Public Participation: A Danish-Italian comparative study

Accessibility of GI for Public Participation A Danish-Italian comparative study Mette Arleth1 and Michele Campagna21Ph.D., Aalborg University – Department of Development and Planning, Fibigerstraede 11, dk9220 Aalborg Oest, Denmark marleth@land.aau.dk 2Ph. D., Università di Cagliari – Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio, Piazza d’Armi 16 – 09123 Cagliari, Italy, campagna@unica.it SUMMARY This paper reports an ongoing comparative study on the accessibility of Geographic Information at public authorities’ websites in Denmark and Italy. The purpose of the study is twofold; to give an idea of the latest development and diffusion of GI on public authorities websites, and to identify critical factors for success or failure of the applications. First part of the study therefore consists of a mapping of the level of accessibility of GI in the two countries as a comparative analysis. The focus of the mapping is mainly on the use of geographic information as support to citizens’ involve...