GIS: A Tool For Improving Community Livability

This fact sheet from the Local Government Commission contains shows communities have used geographic information systems to improve the livability of their communities.

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December 11, 2003, 5:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

GIS software can help policy makers andstakeholders make better informed and more effective decisions by relating data with place. GIS can take an overwhelming amount of information -- tabular, spatial, or graphic -- and display it in a way that makes it meaningful to local government staff, policy makers and the public. By displaying information in layers -- each layer with a particular issue -- it is easier to understand how issues interrelate.

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: Geographic Information Systems: A Tool For Improving Community Livability

Monday, December 8, 2003 in Local Government Commission

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