As a result, e-government Web sites are sprouting up all over the Internet, and providing new efficiencies that are transforming the traditional relationship between government and citizens.
Interactive mapping is empowering citizens.
Their constituents are using interactive GIS on the Web to create their own crime maps, to compare property values, to find the nearest polling place, to assess environmental hazards, and to investigate in detail where the choicest economic development opportunities lie. Using GIS, government agencies are bringing new meaning and new depth to their entire e-government enterprise. R. W. Greene, staff writer and editor at ESRI Press, is a graduate of the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Reporting at The Ohio State University, and author of GIS in Public Policy. If ordering from outside the U.S., see ordering options . We welcome your questions, comments, suggestions for new books, or book proposals.