1. GISRS software

2. The issues Perceived cost of software Recognition of roles of GIS data in organisation Data management (when users and data volume grows)

3. Software cost Software costs money – easily measured Benefit are harder to measure Recognize the pyramid of GIS 90 % mapping 9% measuring 1% modeling

4. Mapping your data Light/thin clients, viewers, browsers Free to distribute Simple to use Makes your data and activities more visible

5. 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?