Article: New Grant Program enables government agencies to enhance ...
Point of Beginning;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... There is an increasing need for real-time GIS connectivity from the field to the office ... equipment necessary to develop and extend their GIS programs into the field by using next-generation mobile GIS and server GIS technologies. The program ...

Article: Benefiting from the Federal Government's CAD and GIS ...
Public Works;  February 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... Thanks to shrinking costs and technological advances, computer-aided design (CAD) and geographic information systems (GIS) have become staples among consulting firms, state governments, and municipal public works departments nationwide. Design ...

Article: City combines CAD and GIS: Garden Grove's GIS ...
CADalyst;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... and management capabilities of GIS programs is, in many ways, blending the ... For CAD users, the migration to GIS programs can be amazingly frustrating ... any line or shape. "Why don't GIS programs provide those tools?" he lamented ...

Article: Federal GIS: a weapon of mass dysfunction?(Capitol ...
Geospatial Solutions;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... list of complaints about federal GIS programs. At this month's URISA conference ... awareness of the different federal GIS programs and expectations. * Identify and ... implementation plans for federal GIS programs that include local, regional ...

Article: A standard approach: the state of open standards in ...
CADalyst;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... surprise that demands on today's GIS programs are staggering. They're run ... broader audience. Fortunately, GIS programs can meet these demands because ... been a shift away from proprietary GIS programs and data toward a more open philosophy ...

Article: Producing maps with GIS: GIS takes the pain out of ...
CADalyst;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... quality paper maps. Today, GIS programs have made it easier than ever to ... project. The fundamental idea behind GIS programs is to create maps, so it should ... geospatial data to more complex GIS programs that have more advanced relational ...

Article: Weighing GIS benefits with financial analysis. (geographic ...
Government Finance Review;  October 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... reasons many geographic information system (GIS) programs never get off the ground is that top management ... used it were able to obtain funding for their GIS programs. In fact, one of them, the GIS department of a large water/sewer utility ...