Claim: Adoption of GIS by healthcare system can create more valuable health services.

Research question : How GIS affects acceptance of new health service for customer?

                           Can GIS affects creating new health service ?

Research method : Questionnaire

Topic 2: Comparison between Agile development and traditional development

Claim: Find out each strength and weak part by comparison then suggest reciprocal complement way of development.  

Research question : How these two development ways are different?

                           What are the strength and weak part of each development way?

Research method : literature review

    var map1 = null;
    var map2 = null;
    var map3 = null;
    var LAtrafficInfo = null;
    var NYtrafficInfo = null;
    var CItrafficInfo = null;
   
    var geocoder = null;

    function initialize() {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
        map1 = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas1"));
        map1.setCenter(new GLatLng(34.052187, -118.243425), 11);
        map1.setMapType(G_HYBRID_MAP);
        map1.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
        map1.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
        var trafficOptions1 = {incidents:true};
        LAtrafficInfo = new GTrafficOverlay(trafficOptions1);
        map1.addOverlay(LAtrafficInfo);
       
        map2 = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas2"));
        map2.setCenter(new GLatLng(40.756054, -73.986951), 11);
        map2.setMapType(G_HYBRID_MAP);
        map2.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
        map2.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
        var trafficOptions2 = {incidents:true};
        NYtrafficInfo = new GTrafficOverlay(trafficOptions2);
        map2.addOverlay(NYtrafficInfo);

       
        map3 = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas3"));
        map3.setCenter(new GLatLng(41.879535, -87.624333), 11);
        map3.setMapType(G_HYBRID_MAP);
        map3.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
        map3.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
        var trafficOptions3 = {incidents:true};
        CItrafficInfo = new GTrafficOverlay(trafficOptions3);
        map3.addOverlay(CItrafficInfo);
 
        geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();
      }
    }

    function showAddress(address,flag) {
    if (flag == 1) {
      if (geocoder) {
        geocoder.getLatLng(
          address,
          function(point) {
           if (!point) {
              alert(address + " not found");
           } else {
              map1.setCenter(point, 16);
              var marker = new GMarker(point, {draggable: true});
              map1.addOverlay(marker);
              GEvent.addListener(marker, "dragend", function() {
                marker.openInfoWindowHtml(marker.getLatLng().toUrlValue(6));
              });
              GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
                marker.openInfoWindowHtml(marker.getLatLng().toUrlValue(6));
              });
       GEvent.trigger(marker, "click");
           }
          }
        );
      }
    }

    if (flag == 2) {
      if (geocoder) {
        geocoder.getLatLng(
          address,
          function(point) {
           if (!point) {
              alert(address + " not found");
           } else {
              map2.setCenter(point, 16);
              var marker = new GMarker(point, {draggable: true});
              map2.addOverlay(marker);
              GEvent.addListener(marker, "dragend", function() {
                marker.openInfoWindowHtml(marker.getLatLng().toUrlValue(6));
              });
              GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
                marker.openInfoWindowHtml(marker.getLatLng().toUrlValue(6));
              });
       GEvent.trigger(marker, "click");
           }
          }
        );
      }
    }

    if (flag == 3) {
      if (geocoder) {
        geocoder.getLatLng(
          address,
          function(point) {
           if (!point) {
              alert(address + " not found");
           } else {
              map3.setCenter(point, 16);
              var marker = new GMarker(point, {draggable: true});
              map3.addOverlay(marker);
              GEvent.addListener(marker, "dragend", function() {
                marker.openInfoWindowHtml(marker.getLatLng().toUrlValue(6));
              });
              GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
                marker.openInfoWindowHtml(marker.getLatLng().toUrlValue(6));
              });
       GEvent.trigger(marker, "click");
           }
          }
        );
      }
    }

}
    </script>
  </head>

  <body Xonload="initialize()" Xonunload="GUnload()">
    <form action="#" Xonsubmit="showAddress(this.address1.value,1); return false">
      <p>
        <input type="text" style="width:350px" name="address1" value="Los Angeles" />
        <input type="submit" value="Go There!" />
      </p>
      <div id="map_canvas1" style="width: 500px; height: 350px"></div>
      <br>
  </form>
  <form action="#" Xonsubmit="showAddress(this.address2.value,2); return false">
      <p>
        <input type="text" style="width:350px" name="address2" value="New York" />
        <input type="submit" value="Go There!" />
      </p>
      <div id="map_canvas2" style="width: 500px; height: 350px"></div>

      <br>
  </form>
  <form action="#" Xonsubmit="showAddress(this.address3.value,3); return false">
      <p>
        <input type="text" style="width:350px" name="address3" value="Chicago" />
        <input type="submit" value="Go There!" />
      </p>
      <div id="map_canvas3" style="width: 500px; height: 350px"></div>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

Author also indicates that while a conception of theory as a set of laws will lead to an efficient use of resources if the research-then-theory strategy is employed, a theory in axiomatic or causal process form will lead to an efficient use of resources if a theory-then-research strategy is employed. Another interesting part is a comparison between strategies, research-then-theory and theory-then-research, in chapter 7. Author explains that research-then-theory strategy has the disadvantage that considerable effort may be spent on collecting data that have no useful purpose, but it may provide some information useful for inventing theories and theory-then-research strategy also has the disadvantage that the scientist may have no initial information on which to base the first attempts at a theory, but research is more efficient when one only collects information related to a few important hypotheses.

Chapter 8, conclusion, is very good to remember key points in this book. While I read this chapter I could arrange whole procedure to constitute a theory with abstract theoretical statements.

Here I have one question. If I make a web application for business, can I integrate Google Map API and Virtual Earth API for free ?

In Chapter 2, author introduces Kuhn paradigms which are scientific revolutions. While examples of Kuhn paradigms are founded well in the physical and biological sciences it is not easy to find example in the social science. However Freud’s ideas were a good example to meet the criteria of Kuhn paradigm. Also author explains that a paradigm and a Kuhn paradigm differ in degree; the Kuhn paradigm represents a dramatic change from past orientations, whereas a paradigm represents a definite shift in orientations, but less than a scientific revolution.

I learned what exactly concept is, difference between abstract and concrete concepts, relationship between abstract concepts and operational definitions, and quantifications of theoretical concepts as well in the chapter 3. And I also learned that there are four kinds of forms of quantification such as nominal level, ordinal level, interval level, and ratio level.

In chapter 4, author emphasizes that theoretical statement of the form (Given C1 …. Then Y) are most important for scientific body of knowledge and it should be placed before explanation, predictions, or sense of understanding.

“Planning” part was useful for me. It describes how to start to organize elements of our argument. And I carefully read “Citation” part. It gives us how to cite sources into the research paper along with plagiarism. I realized there are various cases for plagiarism. If we don’t know exactly we will get in big trouble. For the “Introduction and Conclusion” part, it teaches us the steps from establishing common ground to writing a conclusion. I know we spend a lot of time to write introduction and conclusion as well as revising those parts. To design these parts effectively we need to memorize and practice it as possible as we can. This book is expecting to be my companion for research.

After I read this article I got new information about GIS and also GIS is using in the various area such as game, cyber life, health, environment and so on. GIS is not only for map information, but also for many other information systems. I searched the website introduced in this article and realized already many people are using these web applications. Also flat informational Web is moving forward 3-D experimental Web. Another thing obtained from this article is a Google mashup which is a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool. I plan to use these applications.

Question 2: What questions do you have or what did you find confusing?

I already finished reading this article I still have some questions for integrating application in the web. What I understand is that we can integrate web application such as Google Maps and Second Life. Also I have some worries for side-effect from the 3 dimensional display in the Web. Second Life, for example, enables us to live in the cyber world with virtual friend, house, play, hobby, and so on. Before 3-D experimental web system comes we should prepare regulations and morals for people’s behavior because, I think, cyber world affects our real world.  

Question 3: What did you find interesting and why?