GISRS software
The issues Perceived cost of software Recognition of roles of GIS data in organisation Data management (when users and data volume grows)
Software cost Software costs money – easily measured Benefit are harder to measure Recognize the pyramid of GIS 90 % mapping 9% measuring 1% modeling
Mapping your data Light/thin clients, viewers, browsers Free to distribute Simple to use Makes your data and activities more visible
Questions Why aren’t thin/light viewers more widely used? Is file management an issues, and if so, why isn’t more use made of database systems? – Size of orgainsation/project? – IT support?