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Geographic Information System
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Geographic Information System
A focus on managing resources and directing rescue and recovery efforts after disasters.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages) |
5 sources |
1993
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"Although a geographic information system (GIS) cannot prevent manmade or natural disasters from occurring, a number of governments are discovering that it is a valuable tool when it comes to the aftermath of rescue and recovery. For example, even before the winds had died down during Hurricane Andrew in Dade County, Florida in 1992, workers at Dade County's Information Technology Department (ITD) were working around the clock assembling the information kept by various agencies throughout the region in preparation for the recovery (Michelsen, 1993, p. 34). County departments maintain extensive databases containing information everything from hazardous waste sites, and a GIS provides the electronic mapping framework for organizing, displaying, analyzing, and storing data used throughout the county."More papers on Geographic Information System:
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Geographic Information System (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Geographic-Information-System/20188
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"Geographic Information System" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Geographic-Information-System/20188>
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