A Spatial Decision Support System for the Management of Public Housing

摘要

This paper is reporting on a research project undertaken jointly between the  University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the NSW Department of  Housing (DoH) to develop a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) to assist  planning, management and evaluation in areas of high public housing  concentration. In the paper we will describe the development of the SDSS, the  specific spatial problems challenging the DoH and the potential for the system  to incorporate a range of social, financial and physical data, both internal and  from other sources, for interaction and presentation in a three dimensional  environment. The prototype SDSS attempts to address the specific challenges  of providing better service for clients of the DoH. An information audit and  survey has been conducted of the departmentis resources and needs. Issues  identified include the management of high-rise and superlot areas, crime  mapping, community interactivity, internal and intergovernmental information  sharing, interoperability and maintaining confidentiality and security of data.  Interactive 3D visualisation of the model is facilitated by use of the 3map free  geospace platform. Use of open source code and open standards such as X3D  for 3D graphics interchange allow the project to explore advanced  visualisation techniques while ensuring interoperability and data longevity.