Aggregated indices in quality assessment of selected geoinformation websites
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University of Agriculture in Krakow
Digital Cultural Heritage Laboratory
Department of Land Management and Landscape Architecture
Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying
Submission date: 2023-06-02
Final revision date: 2023-07-05
Acceptance date: 2023-07-25
Publication date: 2023-09-30
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Karol Król
University of Agriculture in Krakow
Digital Cultural Heritage Laboratory
Department of Land Management and Landscape Architecture
Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying
30-149 Kraków, ul. Balicka 253c
Geomatics, Landmanagement and Landscape 2023;(3)
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Map portals can facilitate the work of public administration units and improve access to information, although they have to present high material and technical quality. Not without significance are also measures supporting these websites. This paper aims to assess the quality of selected geoinformation websites. The study was carried out in the form of a quality audit with the use of selected web applications provided in a freeware, thin-client model. A comparative analysis was performed on three versions of the geoservice functioning for the Tomice municipality (accessed on 5th July 2023): 1) eMPZP website (https://www.tomice.pl/mpzp/), 2) municipal geoportal (http://www.mpzp.tomice.pl), and 3) municipal map portal (https://sip.gison.pl/tomice). The measurements were taken only once and in an ad hoc manner. The tests were performed in selected quality dimensions: responsiveness, performance, content and hyperlink quality, accessibility for people with disabilities, syntactic code correctness, search engine optimisation (SEO), and usage indicators, with special emphasis on overall quality. The conclusion was that each of the geoportals evaluated presents good quality. However, it would be wrong to compare them in absolute terms, as the quality of these services should be assessed through the lens of the different times in which they operate.