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Assessing
data requirements
Compiling a list
of functions required
Undertaking a Functional
Requirement Study
Once the
project has been defined a function evaluation is necessary. This includes:
This means
working out what data
is needed and how it is to be processed.
The project
proposal should have already defined the question/s that the GIS is being used
to address so from this it is possible to determine what data will be needed
to answer these questions. This means that a list can be compiled that consists
of:
Once
the data requirements have been determined it is important to decide how the
data is going to be processed and what analyses
are going to be performed on it. This information can be derived from the aims
of the project.
Data
and functional requirements are collated as part of the functional requirements
study (FRS). Once this is complete, users end up with
From this stage the user can then go on to evaluate a GIS system for their own particular use.
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