• DocumentCode
    2256605
  • Title

    Maximising user acceptance as the underlying strategy for the development of an interactive website for South Africa´s citizens

  • Author

    Van Olst, Rex ; Wray, Chris

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. Eng., Univ. of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    13-15 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the development of an interactive GIS website for the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO), using User- and Usage-centric design methodologies. User acceptance was tested with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to ensure that the targeted users of the website would benefit from the information presented within the website and find the technology easy to assimilate.
  • Keywords
    Web sites; geographic information systems; interactive systems; user centred design; Gauteng City-Region Observatory; South Africa; interactive GIS Website; technology acceptance model; usage-centric design; user acceptance; user-centric design; Economics; Geographic Information Systems; Internet; Local government; Planning; Prototypes; Geospatial information; Technology Acceptance Model; Web 2.0;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    AFRICON, 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Livingstone
  • ISSN
    2153-0025
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-992-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AFRCON.2011.6071974
  • Filename
    6071974