URISA Conference Proceedings

The following articles appear in the 1990 URISA conference proceedings.

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A cartographic document interpretation system

A comprehensive data model for local government

A dynamic disaggregate model of location and travel behavior using GIS

A geographic information system approach to unmined mineral tax assessment

A Geographic Systems Approach to Fiscal Analysis

A land information infrastructure: government of British Columbia perspective

A Method for Estimating Daytime Population by Small Area Geography

A Multi-Participant, Public/Private County-wide Addressing Project in Ada County, Idaho

A Procedure for the Measurement of Demographic Change Across a Region

An Evaluation of the Capabilities and Integration of Aggregate Transportation Demand Models with GIS Technologies

An introduction to the global positioning system and its use in urban GIS applications

An object-oriented approach to analysis for geographic information systems

Analysis of some management issues in GIS implementation

Analyzing Historic Regional Growth Trends: A Case Study Using Desktop Mapping

Application tracking in Franklin Township-A phased implementation approach

Benefit/cost analysis: a business function approach

CASTOR - a cooperative initiative to update urban street network files

Centralized management: Protecting your data investment

City of Long Beach, California storm drain master plan and management program

Clean air, small area data and the URISA professional

Comprehensive utility network analysis using a CADD-based desktop GIS

Computer-aided software engineering tools: a practical solution

Computing standards and GIS: A tutorial

Concurency Management and the Orlando/Orange County GIS Project

Data resource management at the Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch B.C. Ministry of Crown Lands

Design of a geographical information system for the Flemish Region

Developing Data Base Content for Local Governments

Developments in GIS data base technologies

Digital orthophotography and integrated raster/vector geographic information systems: boondoggle--or boon?

Down with Dejavu - making change stick in your organization

Effective use of Geographic Information System technology in municipal scale environmental management

Estimating and Comparing Tangible and Intangible Benefits to the Costs of Geographic Information Systems

Expert systems and the externalization of knowledge in architecture

G.I.S. - Applications in the Phoenix fire department

Geofile source materials and standards: A procedural approach

Geographic information system infrastructure management for the Pinellas Park Water Management District in a PC environment

Geographic information systems in India A

GIS applications for natural hazards management in Latin America and the Caribbean

GIS as a support system for designing and evaluating urban expansion alternatives

GIS at Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation taking stock

GIS in the Context of Land Use Policies

GIS Insurance: The Accuracy Question

How a GIS can increase a municipality's chances of funding infrastructure management and maintenance projects

How to write a RFP for consultant services for Geographic Information System implementation

Identifying and integrating business functions to develop a GIS needs assessment

Impact Fees: Designing and Implementing a Program to Fund the Impacts of Growth

Integrated information management and simulation system for groundwater contamination by agricultural chemicals

Integrating GIS within a corporate database management strategy

Integration and utilization of land records into a Geographic Information System

Integration of the Flood Modelling Process with a Geographic Information Center

Interactive HYDROMET information system for real-time flood forecasting and warning

Interagency GIS Cooperation in North Carolina State Government

Land records management within the context of Ontario's GIS requirements

Life beyond the base map: A divisional approach to public works GIS implementation

Linking transportation planning and geographic information systems

Local Property Appraiser NAL Files: An Untapped Resource

LOGIS: Case Study of Geographic Information System Growth in Loudoun County, Virginia

Loma Prieta, California Earthquake, 1989 spurs development of a GIS based Emergency Response System

Managing Base Map Maintenance in a Multi-Participant GIS Project

Managing GIS effectively-Real experiences from mature systems

Managing Information in an Economic Development Research Institute

Milwaukee keeps its W.I.T.S. about infrastructure management

Nees assessment and implementation strategies for a multi-user GIS -- Arlington County Virginia

PC-based geographic information system approach for performing agricultural land assessment

Portable GIS: Using and maintaining a GIS data base in the real world

Practical application of structured analysis techniques in a major systems migration effort

Province-wide Emergency Response Computer System

Quality assurance and the photogrammetrically compiled landbase

Quality assurance for Geographic Information Systems

Raster-Vector Integration for Updating Land Use Data

RFP's for cost effective conversion

Slivers, gaps & overlaps or precision data entry

Solving public utility problems by integrating GIS with distribution analysis systems

Strategic planning and a little common sense; a suggested method for data compilation for Local Government

Synercom to AutoCAD translator: The IMAGIS experience

Teaching and Research Programs in Land and Geographic Information Systems at the University of Melbourne, Australia

Texas National Research Laboratory Commission Land Acquisition Computer Mapping and Database Management System for The Department of Energy Superconducting Super Collider Ellis County, Texas

The Creation of a Local Demographic Database: A Case Study of the Ann Arbor Household Survey

The economics of pricing GIS products

The Land Information Cooperative; Overcoming Political, Managerial and Technical Obstacles to LIS/GIS Implementation

The Manitoba Land Related Information System

The Need for a Better Understanding of the Accuracy of Spatial Databases

The Role of a Low-Cost Configuration in a County GIS

The United Kingdom's Regional Research Laboratories: An Alternative to the NCGIA?

The Utilisation of Computers in Local Government in Less Developed Countries: A Case Study of Malaysia

The World Landslide Inventory

TIGER in action: Making effective use of the Census Bureau's TIGER files

Transportation information systems using machine vision technology

Upcoming innovations in conversion technology

Urban Quality of Life analysis using GIS

Using Drawing eXchange Format (DXF) files to manage attribute data: a transportation planning example

Vertical integration of highway infrastructure management systems: Possibility or pipe dream?

What Should Be URISA's Role in Formal Recognition of Individuals with Expertise to GIS Technology



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