Most government officials would agree that geographic information systems are used heavily in the public sector. But states and cities have only scratched the surface of GIS potential for delivering services to citizens and businesses. Government agencies must integrate GIS much more deeply into their operations. I ve come up with eight concepts state agencies should understand to successfully use GIS and pursue the funding it requires. So show them.
Visualization is a powerful method of articulation.
Many people do not readily understand concepts or see cause-effect relationships unless they can visualize them. Convince GIS users they can measure, analyze, manipulate and integrate information into knowledge. Most everything a state or local government does can be tied to a locality. Users can derive value from knowing everything they can about a given location. For instance, agencies collectively know the soil type, groundwater level, surface structures, distance to emergency services, access to roads, tax rate, permits issued and a host of other details for a given locale.