Geographic Information Management in Local Government - Chapter 8 pptx

... viewpoint, work experience, organization or a pressing prob- lem, e.g., by: •UsingTable 8. 1 to identify relevant case studies, and then reading these initially, reviewing, and if appropriate reading ... 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 l...

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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 ... 200404 385 1 CHAPTER 1 The Background to Geographic Information Management in Local Government KEY QUESTIONS AND ISSUES • Why a book on...

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... Enquiry into the Handling of Geographic Information, published in April 1 987 , raised the whole profile of IM in local government. This committee was appointed in April 1 985 with the following terms ... maximising and adding value to existing information without high technical or financial overhead. Source: Extracted from Local Government Management Board (1994) Informat...

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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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... 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 ... 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...

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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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... main phases: Stage 1 (1 980 s to early 1990s) — Piloting and rejection of IBM’s mainframe GFIS in the 1 980 s, followed by initial interest, then waning commitment to Intergraph’s Micros- tation in ... 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 MapI...

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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 w...

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... Council is an example of the implementation of a single- supplier/authority-wide GIS, using the terminology that we introduced in Chapter 8. Since June 1997, the council has strictly enforced ... 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 sav...

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