GeoSpatial Trends and the Internet
Evolving from creation to use
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Fifteen years ago, GIS activities were performed by one or two departments and services provided to other departments. A few highly trained staff (DOERS) ran the system. Five years ago, GIS technology evolved to the point where many more individuals an
Recently, and enforced by the Internet, the push by government agencies is for open and easy access by anyone to applications deployed by the government. All have a geographic component
Over the next several years, the focus of government will be increasing on e-government: using IT technology in general and geospatial data and applications in particular, all enabled through the Web, to provide more and more services to a government’s c
We will now focus on one example of E-Government: City wide, integrated permitting. Permitting is the process whereby a homeowner, developer, or retailer receives permission to build, alter, or destroy a building(s) on a given piece of property.