Spatial Delivery

Federal agencies are using geographic information system and the World Wide Web to bring spatial information to the masses.

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March 28, 2001, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"USGS? new atlas, in its fourth year, is just one prominent example of a federal agency?s attempt to use geographic information systems (GIS) to package information the public wants in a format that?s easy to understand. Though the technology is not new ? agencies have used GIS applications for years to map forests and plan the decennial census, for example ? its use is more prevalent today as agencies find new ways to compile and package existing data."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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