2004 UC Proceedings Abstract

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Tuned In, Turned On, Spaced Out: Houston's GIS Underground
Track: State and Local Government
Author(s): Max Samfield

What's happened, eight years after five frustrated "technocrats" bucked the system and started a secret GIS Cooperative? Here's your answer. Forty organizations, a multi-county basemap for a population of five million, staff sharing, budget sharing, data sharing, massive cost reductions, and now, a Regional GIS Network?



Shhhh! Don't tell our bosses. They still don't know!



Max Samfield
Houston-Galveston Area Council
Data Services
3555 Timmons Lane, Suite 120
Houston , TX 77027
US
Phone: 713-993-4554
Fax: 713-993-2401
E-mail: max.samfield@h-gac.com