Sioux City has created a solid example of how the best of site selection, demographics, and planning information, can be combined in one easy-to-use interface.
"Sometimes when you see a particularly good use of technology, you wonder how things were done before the technology was available. Online mapping coupled with site selection and demographics is one of those technologies whose time has come.Sioux City is the first city in Iowa to offer a geographic information system (GIS) website that provides this type of information. Sioux City has created a solid example of how the best of site selection, demographics, planning and zoning information, and business data can be combined in one easy-to-use interface."
Thanks to Laura Kranz
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