Web-Based Mapping Tools Help Governments Transform GIS into New Services

Not so long ago, only a select group of users could take advantage of GIS tools and applications. The general public barely knew what GIS was, let alone knew how to use it. Today, the Web allows GIS data to be distributed via ever-evolving avenues, from the practical – traditional GIS services made available online – to imaginative applications like Google Sky, a Web-based, 3-D map of the universe.

By Chad Vander Veen

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