Geographic Information Management in Local Government - Chapter 4 pps

... 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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... 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 MapInfo Corporation’s ... workstations, training, and development, including the installation of further seats within the highways and transportation division. Rich in CAD, 3-D, and solid modeling functionalit...

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... GIS? GIS has been in use in a low-key way in the London Borough of Harrow since the introduction of GGP in 1989. It has provided the means to produce maps and record simple overlay information but ... the implementation of a multi- supplier/authority-wide GIS, using the terminology that we introduced in Chapter 8. While many of the departments of the council are using GIS, it is...

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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 ... Peter Thorpe. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7 48 4- 0 93 5-1 (alk. paper) 1. Geographic information systems G...

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... islands TOTALS 61 34 43 5 6 0 149 18.3 49 .3 91.5 9 .4 66.7 0.00 29.0 Source: Masser, I. and Campbell, H.J. (19 94) Association for Geographic Information Conference Proceedings, 14. 2.1– 14. 2.6, London: AGI. ©20 04 ... Enquiry into the Handling of Geographic Information, published in April 1987, raised the whole profile of IM in local government. This committee was appo...

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... 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 ... of Respondents Mentioning 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Insufficient staff to im plem ent Inadequate financial resources Insufficient aw areness Lack top-level com m itm ent No inform...

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... 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. ©20 04 by CRC Press ... MapPoint, while not groundbreaking in terms of GIS functionality, give more users practical experience in handling geographic information. 5.7 HOW DO THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN GIM K...

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... Southampton 3. Single-Supplier/Multi-Departmental GIS Only one GIS supplier’s product(s) operational within only two or three depart- ments Authorities covered in the case studies: Powys 4. Multi-Supplier/Multi-Departmental ... the first local authorities to implement Web-based GIS within the framework of a strong corporate approach Planning Building control Environmental health Loc...

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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 ... the geographic information group (GIG), again at second tier. It was responsible for setting the overall strategy for, and coordinating the management of, land and property infor...

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... 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 was obtained ... of information. On the basis of the resulting report, the council decided to put in place as a first priority a common database supporting the rating, planning, local land charges, and housin...

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