Spatial Data and GIS in Western North Carolina Technologies for dealing with spatial data are being applied to geographic problems in growing number of situations.
Applications range from mapping fields and forests, to land use planning, to routing garbage trucks.
This web site is designed to provide the public with a brief orientation to this type of data and provide examples of how this technology is being used in western North Carolina. Individual web pages describing specific examples comprise the bulk of this site. These pages were contributed by individual users and their employing institutions. Proceed to the Table of Contents . Martin Johnson designed the prototype layout for individual pages.