Local Government GIS Demonstration Grant - NCGIA Buffalo
Local Government GIS Demonstration Grant - NCGIA Buffalo
Local Government GIS Demonstration Grant - NCGIA Buffalo
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<strong>GIS</strong> DEVELOPMENT GUIDE<br />
Volume 1<br />
Table of Contents<br />
MANAGER'S OVERVIEW<br />
Introduction ......................................................................................... 1<br />
Geographic Information Systems: Definitions and Features......................... 3<br />
Enterprise-wide <strong>GIS</strong>: The Corporate Database........................................... 5<br />
Policy Issues in <strong>GIS</strong> Development ............................................................. 6<br />
Management Issues in <strong>GIS</strong> Development .................................................... 7<br />
Geographic Information Systems: The Development Cycle ......................... 9<br />
Tasks for <strong>GIS</strong> Development and Use.........................................................10<br />
Summary ........................................................................................16<br />
References ........................................................................................17<br />
Glossary ........................................................................................19<br />
Figures<br />
1 - <strong>GIS</strong> Development Process.........................................................11<br />
2 - Life-Cycle of a <strong>GIS</strong> Database ....................................................13<br />
NEEDS ASSESSMENT<br />
Introduction...........................................................................................27<br />
Conducting a Needs Assessment ..............................................................28<br />
<strong>Local</strong> <strong>Government</strong> Uses of <strong>GIS</strong>................................................................29<br />
Data Used by <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Government</strong>..............................................................32<br />
Documenting <strong>GIS</strong> Needs..........................................................................33<br />
Documenting an Activity-Type Use of the <strong>GIS</strong> ..........................................36<br />
Master Data List.....................................................................................37<br />
Conducting Interviews ............................................................................38<br />
Preparing the Needs Assessment Report....................................................40<br />
Summary...............................................................................................44<br />
Appendices<br />
A - <strong>GIS</strong> Application Description Forms .........................................A-1<br />
B - Full-Page Sample of Master Data List ......................................B-1<br />
C - Sample <strong>GIS</strong> Application Description ........................................C-1<br />
D - Data Flow Diagraming Symbols ..............................................D-1<br />
E - Sample Application Descriptions and Summary Tables...............E-1
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