GIS-7: LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES

Order No:

GIS-7

Total Length:

90 minutes



Planning a GIS Installation in a Local Government

Reference No:

GIS 7-1

Topics covered include: educating the end-user to selecting the "right" system; fitting the right hardware to the application; perils and pitfalls of evaluating system demonstrations.

Lecturer:

  • Robert C. Maggio, Remote Sensing/GIS Laboratory,
    Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A & M University

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

30 minutes

Year of
Presentation:

1990

Suggested
Presentations:

GIS-3

 

Smart Management of GIS/LIS Initiatives

Reference No:

GIS 7-2

How to ensure that the client understands what the "geography" is before entering into a GIS, when the players (government, professional staff, the public, etc.) don't share the same meaning.

Lecturer:

  • Barry S. Wellar, Professor of Geography, University of Ottawa

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

30 minutes

Year of
Presentation:

1990

Suggested
Presentations:

GIS-1, GIS-3

 

A Survey of Local Government Application of GIS and AM/FM Systems

Reference No:

GIS 7-3

The assessment of the level of very small government (less than 20,000 population) use and knowledge of automated information systems in the State of Missouri. How to identify areas of research to assist in the selection, justification of cost/benefits, and the successful implementation of a GIS.

Lecturer:

  • Steven W. McCrary, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

30 minutes

Year of
Presentation:

1990

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