Societal: Effectiveness?
major investments in geospatial data capture and projects have been made.
have we successfully quantified the economic and social impacts of these projects?
the use of geographic information more effectively embraced by both the political process as well as the citizenry?
Notes:
To date, globally we have invested tens of billions of dollars in capturing and building digital map and GIS databases. Are we taking full advantage of these substantial investments? If not, why is this critical data component for decision making not be