Bordering the Future--International Economic Development on the Web

Author: Kristi Borden
Organization: University of Texas, El Paso

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El Paso, TX 79968
USA

Phone: 915-747-5929
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kborden@utep.edu

In December 1998, a group of students from the University of Texas, El Paso, began devising the real estate database, originally envisioned as an interactive Web site providing information on industrial facilities. It evolved into an industrial recruitment/promotional vehicle featuring a much broader range of information, international in nature. Using ArcView GIS/Internet Map Server, the site permits the overlay of infrastructure and socioeconomic data from El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. Linked to maps and aerial photos, it features a searchable database of digital photos and building specifications for all properties in the U.S. industrial parks profiled.