Recovering the Economy with GIS

Posted by Caitlin Dempsey on 1/13/09 • Categorized as Issues in GIS


With all the ideas and plans for fixing the current economic crisis in the United States, it’s not surprising that a proposal to invest in GIS as a method of recovery is being floated. Put forth by Jack Dangermond of ESRI and Anne Hale Miglarese of Booze Allen Hamilton, the four page document suggests that a “A National GIS, properly designed and effectively implemented, providing public access and using best technologies, will speed economic recovery by producing jobs and putting shovels in the ground more quickly.”

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A Proposal for National Economic Recovery An Investment in Geospatial Information Infrastructure Building a National GIS – Dangermond and Migalarese

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