Candidates Tackle GIS in Race for Lake County (IN) Surveyor
The incumbent is pro GIS having invested in it quite a bit. The Gary Post-Tribune describes it as “a computer mapping system similar to Google Earth that can put large amounts of information into an interactive map.”
Two others want to cut back on the GIS budget. One candidate wants “to “slash” spending on the GIS, and build it with free software, rather than the proprietary software used by the county’s consultants.”
Another wants the focus to be on flooding thus he said, “I don’t think (GIS) should be a priority.”
It says quite a lot about the state of geospatial that such issues should be raised to the public during a local election.
by Adena Schutzberg on 04/29 at 06:00 AM |
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