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Promoting Economic Development Of An Urban Area Using A Web-Based Gis, Clifford J. Todd
Promoting Economic Development Of An Urban Area Using A Web-Based Gis, Clifford J. Todd
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A GIS (geographic information system) is an excellent tool for spatial data analysis and associated database functions. However, a GIS has long been viewed as being practiced “behind closed doors” and only by those with extensive training. Currently, there are a number of ways to work with GIS data, but very few ways to present the data to large groups of people. Providing information from a GIS to people outside of a group or organization is difficult but essential. For example, urban or regional areas can promote economic development by making this information available to investors or prospective residents from …