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Imtiaz Ahmed |
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As we can see, the numbers and types of applications and analysis that can be performed by a GIS are as large and diverse as the geographic data sets available. Despite the analytical power of this technology, a GIS, like any other system, does not and cannot exist on its own i.e. it exists in a context. There must be an organisation of people, facilities and equipment responsible for implementing and maintaining the GIS. Without the organisational context, it becomes unclear, why the considerable expense of implementing a GIS has been made, who should control the facility, and how its success or failure should be judged. The success or failure of a GIS, however, depends significantly on the designers of the system.
GIS Design and Implementation Considerations
The next part of the discussion is to consider the main issues that
need to be addressed by designers when implementing geographic information
systems in organisations. Initially, what is meant by GIS design? In the
1960s, when GISs first came on the scene, some of the systems were developed
for experimental academic use in colleges and universities, while others
were created as operational systems, as most systems are today.
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