My small organization has been using a GIS to draw resources to neighborhoods of Chicago where kids live in poverty and attend poorly performing schools In the <http://www.tutormentorconnection.org> web site there are two sections where we place links to web sites that illustrate how a GIS can be used to support decision making and planning. Visit the Directory section and the Learning and Management Support Section to see these links.
In the TRAINING section of this same web site you'll see a link to the Tutor/Mentor Institute. Follow that and you can read some short Power Point essays that illustrate our uses of a GIS. Almost all of our GIS work is being done by volunteers. We've not found a corporation or foundation to donate money, although our GIS software has been donated by ESRI. One of the web sites where we display maps was created by a volunteer we met in this forum two years ago. I hope this information is useful to you. Daniel F. Bassill President Cabrini Connections Tutor/Mentor Connection 800 W. Huron Chicago, Il. 60622 Mustafa Aziz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My name is Mustafa Aziz. I work in the social development sector in > Pakistan. I have been closely following the information posted by > various participants relating to GIS. I have also visited the various > websites suggested by some participants. Most of the information that > has been given or referred to 'takes off' from a point where the other > participants (and understandably so) are assumed to know the very basic > essential information related to the understanding of GIS. > > It may sound very naive, but I would highly appreciate if someone could > help me understand the basic concept of GIS - a simple definition and a > brief explanation, the basic technology, etc. The contextual information > is available in the various messages of the participants and the > recommended websites. Such information, as I can make out, seems to be > extremely relevant to the context of my work. I may also indicate here > that from the various sources (that I could think of are relevant) and > which I contacted in my country, in Pakistan there is little > understanding/application of GIS, particularly in the development > sector. Thank you. ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
