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Ole Gregor
Viborg Amt, Milj� og Teknik
(45) 87 27 13 07
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> From: Ole Gregor [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 8:36 AM
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> Subject: RE: MI GIS in Local Government.
>
> Hi we have been using GIS as a our main coordination tool since may 1993
> in
> our department (at the department of enviroment, planning,
> natureprotection
> and highways).
>
> We are 140 administrative employees and have both reduced the time for
> treating applications and the staff (we have saved approximately 5 man and
> the total cost for digitizing, application development, licences, setup
> and
> education was less than 500 K US $ the first 2 years).
>
> I wrote an article about the solution for The 1994 GIS yerarbook together
> with Erik Stubkj�r.
>
> Ole Gregor
> Viborg Amt, Milj� og Teknik
> (45) 87 27 13 07
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David B. Farquhar-Smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 3:23 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: MI GIS in Local Government.
> >
> > GIS in Local Government.
> >
> > If you could take a couple of minutes and jot down a few notes it would
> be
> > much appreciated.
> >
> > I am interested in finding other people who have or are going to
> implement
> > GIS in local (council/shire/municipal/town/county/borough) government.
> I
> > am
> > particularly interested in Australia but I would like to hear from
> people
> > elsewhere.
> >
> > Has the implementation/integration of GIS and spatial data become
> > important
> > to your government? [Ole Gregor] yes, it's our primary coordination
> and
> > planning tool (when we recive an application, the responsibly person
> > checks his GIS to se, if it's in conflict with any of the laws,
> > regulations and plans the County are administrating)
> >
> > How is it being used?
> >
> > Is it integrated with a central property register? Can most staff
> access
> > it? [Ole Gregor] no property register, it's combined municipal and
> state
> > task, where we are working at the regional level. All staff can access
> it
> > and the public can access a copy on the internet through a MapXsite
> > solution.
> >
> > Is it being used for town planning or spatial asset management? [Ole
> > Gregor] not townplanning, but regional planning
> >
> > Is it being used for environmental monitoring? [Ole Gregor] yes
> >
> > Do you use digital elevation models (DEM's) or topographic contours to
> > understand the land form, visual aspects or drainage flow? [Ole Gregor]
> > yes (and VM 2.1 as tool - it's also used in geological and
> hydrogeological
> > modelling)
> >
> > Do you use aerial photography or satellite imagery as backdrops to
> monitor
> > land use or temporal change? How else do you use the imagery?. [Ole
> > Gregor] we are using a digital ortofoto map (8 bit with 1 m ground
> > resulution) a backdrop as a supplement to our simple and old vector maps
>
> >
> > How much digital spatial related data are you storing? How is it being
> > backed up? [Ole Gregor] approx 1.3 Gb Mapinfo data and 9.5 Gb raster
> > backdrops (scanned maps and digital ortofoto maps)
> >
> > Do staff or local land/property owners have Web/Internet access to some
> of
> > the data?
> [Ole Gregor] yes both a interactive version
> (http://gis.vibamt.dk/viborgamt/intro.htm) and download of our data used
> for
> coordination (http://www.vibamt.dk/mt/gis_kort/web_gis.htm) - but both are
> only in Danish. The last also contains link to descriptions of our data.
>
> > Thanks for your time it is much appreciated.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > DBFS
> > David B. Farquhar-Smith
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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