Geographic Information Management in Local Government - Chapter 3 docx

... reader who is involved in implementing GIS within local government, the essence of a successful GIS is to start by thinking about your own local authorities and their citizens, about their information ... production and maintaining land and property records, focus on achieving efficiency savings where the main B OX 3. 1 Where GIS Are Used to the Greatest Effect in Local Governm...

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... coun- cil’s pioneering efforts in GIM have been: • The climate of cut-backs in services in the early and mid-1990s that forced the council to be imaginative in looking at how improvements in land ... middle management in satisfying short-term information needs at the expense of longer-term investment in the infrastructure 9.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE PRACTICAL BENEFITS? GIS and im...

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... Information GIAG Geographic Information Advisory Group GIG Geographic Information Group GIM Geographic Information Management GINIE Geographic Information Network in Europe GIS Geographic Information System(s) GISP ... 20040 438 51 CHAPTER 1 The Background to Geographic Information Management in Local Government KEY QUESTIONS AND ISSUES • Why a book on...

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... coordinate its activ- ities and establish an independent GI organization, the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). The result was a healthy, though perhaps inward-looking, com- munity independent ... available. In 19 93 the Inter- Departmental Group on Geographic Information (IGGI) succeeded the TIIWG with the aim of facilitating the effective use geographic data both wi...

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... e -government initiatives, both service providers and users are increasingly requir- ing spatial data around-the-clock and in a form that readily integrates with other information. The growth of Web-based ... using the locational or spatial element for trans- forming data into information, thereby giving it meaning. As we have seen already, the traditional way of storing, analyzing, and...

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... geospatial analysis tools on a pay-per-use basis, thus avoiding the cost of buying, installing, and maintaining the software locally as well as having ready access to up-to-date data and programs. ©2004 ... integration of surveying and GIS components is bringing the worlds of 3- D measurement and 3- D GIS together. This promises to accelerate progress in building and managing high-qua...

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... previous chapters have looked at the background of GIM, the principles that underpin its application, and the key areas of use within local government. Part 3 of this book contains nine detailed ... important in terms of the history of GIM implementation in local government • Are distinctive in each case in terms of their approach to GIM • Offer important lessons to other lo...

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... workstations, training, and development, including the installation of further seats within the highways and transportation division. Rich in CAD, 3- D, and solid modeling functionality, the Intergraph ... multi- supplier/authority-wide GIS, using the terminology that we introducedin Chapter 8. Its experience of GIS since 1997 has focused initially on the introduction of software from Ma...

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... of a multi-sup- plier/authority-wide GIS, using the terminology that we introduced in Chapter 8. It currently has a mix of software from ESRI (ArcInfo 7; ArcView, and MapExplorer2), MapInfo Corporation ... which involved information relating to land and property, the Leeds Corporation invited ICL to join it to form a joint team. Together with the resources of the corporation, funding wa...

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... planning, land charges, property, contract management, and building control departments) without reference to paper sources • Planning applications registered in less time (30 -minute savings ... improvements in service delivery and adding strength to the case through the ability additionally to meet e -government targets • Monitoring and publicizing the actual benefits (including saving...

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