Active Response GIS : For resource management spatial decision support systems

The Active Response Geographic Information System (AR/GIS) is a toolkit for developing spatial decision support tools to help land resource managers in making and evaluating land resource allocation decisions. Although AR/ GIS applications can be used in a stand-alone mode by a single resource manager, AR/GIS was originally conceived and designed to be a collaborative tool for interactive resource allocation negotiations conducted with a variety of stakeholders, or interested parties. It allows decision making groups to interact directly with geographic data and provides tools to evaluate resource allocation decisions made by individuals and the group as a whole. This paper describes the use of AR/GIS in a collaborative mode for land resource allocation decision making.