Building a Business Case for Geospatial Information Technology: A Practitioner’s Guide to Financial Strategic Analysis
GITA, the Awwa Research Foundation, the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee, and GeoConnections Canada collaborated to create this comprehensive, 212-page workbook and CD set, which contains customizable financial templates, real-world case studies, an extensive literature review, and much more. The workbook is designed to take companies from start to finish as they implement GIS at their enterprises. The workbook authors captured basic project data from more than 200 water, wastewater, gas, and electric utilities; government agencies; and pipeline organizations in order to define best practices and provide tools to support geospatial information technology (GIT) business case development. Survey statistics are included in a handbook for GIT investment analysis. The price - $695 (non-members), $495 (GITA members)
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ILMF 2012 - International LiDAR Mapping Forum, Denver, Colorado, Jan 23-25, 2012
Esri Dev Summit - The Esri Developer Summit (DevSummit) brings together developers and GIS professionals from all over the globe. March 26-29, 2012, Palm Springs, CA
Where2.0 - where the people working on and using location technologies come together to explore best practices and emerging trends in software development, tools, business strategies, and marketing. April 2-4, 20112, San Francisco, CA
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