Geographic Information Management in Local Government - Chapter 18 (end) pps

... to increase public involvement in local government is immense, especially if GIS applications are needs- and information- driven rather than technology-led. Managing user expecta- tions, including ... every kind of urban problem. In this way, Websites are being fashioned not only to disseminate information but to seek reactions whereby that information is changed and disseminated...

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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 ... 2004043851 CHAPTER 1 The Background to Geographic Information Management in Local Government KEY QUESTIONS AND ISSUES • Why a book on g...

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... Enquiry into the Handling of Geographic Information, published in April 1987, raised the whole profile of IM in local government. This committee was appointed in April 1985 with the following terms ... coordinate its activ- ities and establish an independent GI organization, the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). The result was a healthy, though perhaps inward-lookin...

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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 ... DRIVERS FOR CHANGE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT? In addition to the government s expectations, there are a number of drivers for changing GIM in local government. These arise fr...

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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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... the first local authorities to implement Web-based GIS within the framework of a strong corporate approach Planning Building control Environmental health Local land charges Shoreline management Deprivation 15 (175) London ... 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...

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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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... 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 ... PCs. • In- house IT section (in computer and printing services department) provided a packaged GIS service at only £1,500 “one-off” cost per desktop PC (covering MapInfo software, tra...

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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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