Maritime spatial planning (MSP) needs tools to facilitate discussions and manage spatial data in collaborative workshops that involve actors with various backgrounds and expertise. However, the reported use of spatial tools in real-world MSP is sparse. A better understanding is needed of how geographic information systems (GIS) can effectively support collaboration in MSP. We studied the utility of GIS tools for collaborative MSP in five steps: first, identifying shortcomings in available GIS for supporting collaborative MSP; second, defining requirements for an effective collaborative GIS (CGIS) for MSP; third, designing and developing a prototype CGIS, Baltic Explorer; fourth, demonstrating the system; and fifth, evaluating the system. In a real-world MSP workshop, we demonstrated that the functionalities of Baltic Explorer can support and facilitate discussions in collaborative work. We also found that more research is needed about the use of spatial data in collaborative MSP and integration of model-based geospatial analysis into CGIS.

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协同 GIS 在海洋空间规划中的应用：Baltic Explorer 的设计和评估

海洋空间规划 (MSP) 需要工具来促进协作研讨会中的讨论和管理空间数据，该研讨会涉及具有各种背景和专业知识的参与者。然而，在现实世界 MSP 中使用空间工具的报道很少。需要更好地了解地理信息系统 (GIS) 如何有效支持 MSP 中的协作。我们分五个步骤研究了 GIS 工具在协作 MSP 中的效用：首先，确定支持协作 MSP 的可用 GIS 的缺点；第二，为 MSP 定义有效协作 GIS (CGIS) 的要求；第三，设计和开发原型CGIS，Baltic Explorer；第四，系统演示；第五，系统评价。在现实世界的 MSP 研讨会中，我们证明了 Baltic Explorer 的功能可以支持和促进协作工作中的讨论。我们还发现，需要对空间数据在协作 MSP 中的使用以及将基于模型的地理空间分析集成到 CGIS 中进行更多研究。