GIS in Local Governance

Everyday, local government units (LGUs) make decisions that involve land or geographically-related issues ranging from land development to environmental health, traffic management to peace and order, or basic service delivery to large infrastructure projects. This has prompted some to invest heavily in information and communication technology (ICT) to support, or even justify, land-related decisions and help them manage public services. A large portion of such ICT investment has been in Geographic Information System (GIS).¹

GIS allows LGUs to become smarter at defining and solving problems. It can also dramatically improve their ability to make quality decisions. And yet, many LGUs that have acquired GIS technology have not taken full advantage of the wide range of benefits possible with GIS. GIS requires more than merely buying the software and hardware and hiring GIS consultants. What is equally important, but often overlooked, is the acquisition or development of reliable and accurate digital geographic data² to fully realize the potentials of GIS in the public sector. To a large extent, this oversight is due to the fact that until very recently, such digital geographic data had been very scarce in the country. On the other hand, the development of reliable, accurate maps is too technical and cumbersome for LGUs to undertake.

GIS Opportunity for LGUs

As a system integrator committed to creating ICT opportunities for LGUs, Amellar offers an opportunity that enables LGUs to use GIS technology - and realize its myriad benefits - immediately.

In partnership with Autodesk, the world's leading GIS and CAD software developer, Amellar integrates key GIS components - geographic data, software and applications, hardware, training and technical support - in one GIS package. We bring you Amellar Basic GIS^TM or abGIS^TM, for short

Amellar brings into abGIS over eight years of experience in developing and installing information systems for LGUs. Through abGIS, you will gain the tools, resources, and capablities necessary to make GIS technology really work for you and your constituencies. Indeed, abGIS is a powerful policy channel for LGU managers.

Note:
1 For LGUs, it is "a technology that combines geographic data (the locations of man-made and natural features on earth like houses, streets, rivers) and information (like names, addressess, classifications, coordinates) to generate maps for visualization and analysis

2 Also known as spatial data, it is a collection of data that are individually or collectively attached to a geographic location.

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