Moreover, intelligent geographic databases are being created that not only show the location of streets, buildings and properties, but information about them - so called attribute information. This data can assist virtually all departments of local government. School districts can show school age populations geographically. An assessor's map can include housing stock information. Fire and ambulance services can plan the quickest routes to emergency scenes.
Police can plot crime statistics to identify patterns.
Public works can inventory streets, plan snow plowing and rubbish collection routes. Voting districts can be drawn by voting populations.