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Abstract
Succeed Where Others Failed: Sharing Regional Data and Resources
Track: State and Local Government
Author(s): Andre Bally, Marc Barryman, Max Samfield
The Geographic Data Committee (GDC) under the auspices of Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), is a GIS consortium of government agencies and private organizations that is successful where many others have failed. The consortium was formed in 1995 to discuss sharing of resources, associated costs, and technology and to identify any duplication of effort at member agencies. The GDC has continued to grow and take on new projects such as maintenance of a regional basemap, which received Esri's Special Achievement in GIS award, and correcting census data. The paper will discuss the innovative approach to making the GDC a success.
Andre Bally
Harris County Public Infrastructure
Engineering Division
1001 Preston, 7th Flr.
Houston , TX 77002
USA
Phone: 713.755.7194
Fax: 713.755.5295
E-mail: abally@eng.hctx.net
Marc Barryman
Great Harris County 911
GIS Section
602 Sawyer, Suite 710
Houston 77077
USA
Phone: 713.407.2254
Fax: (713) 864-9911
E-mail: mberryman@911.org
Max Samfield
Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC)
Data Services
3555 Timmons Lane, Suite 500
Houston 77227-2777
USA
Phone: 713.627-3200
Fax: (713) 621-8129
E-mail: max.samfield@hgac.cog.tx.us