Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - (Page 10) Mapping the Municipalities team up to create sophisticated geographic information system By Sarah Hood NORTH Photos courtesy Municipality of Wawa n many municipalities, especially remote and sparsely populated ones, land and asset records are likely to be organized under separate systems that are hard to compile or compare. New information-handling technology can solve this problem, and now a few small Northern Ontario municipalities are collaborating to create central and efficient geographic information systems (GIS). The Northern Information Technology and Geomatics Cooperative (NITGC), a partnership of six communities in the Superior East Region, is a template that others can learn from and even participate in. Planning began as early as 2002, when the Township of Michipicoten began to look for ways to fund a project to update its information technology. Work began in late 2004 with funding through FedNor and GeoSmart and the participation of numerous local GIS vendors, including Wilderness GIS, Cree-Tech, I 10 ยท municipal MONITOR May/June 2008
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 Contents President's Message: On Messages and Milestones Viewpoint: Much Ado About Nothing? Again Mapping the North: Municipalities Team Up to Create Sophisticated Geographic Information System The Clean Water Act: Let's Make it Perfectly Clear Developing Trend: Communication is Essential During Large-Scale Projects Water Under the Bridge Municpal Memos Index to Advertisers Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 (Page Cover1) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 (Page Cover2) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 (Page 3) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 (Page 4) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Contents (Page 5) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Contents (Page 6) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - President's Message: On Messages and Milestones (Page 7) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - President's Message: On Messages and Milestones (Page 8) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Viewpoint: Much Ado About Nothing? Again (Page 9) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Mapping the North: Municipalities Team Up to Create Sophisticated Geographic Information System (Page 10) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Mapping the North: Municipalities Team Up to Create Sophisticated Geographic Information System (Page 11) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Mapping the North: Municipalities Team Up to Create Sophisticated Geographic Information System (Page 12) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Mapping the North: Municipalities Team Up to Create Sophisticated Geographic Information System (Page 13) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Mapping the North: Municipalities Team Up to Create Sophisticated Geographic Information System (Page 14) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Mapping the North: Municipalities Team Up to Create Sophisticated Geographic Information System (Page 15) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - The Clean Water Act: Let's Make it Perfectly Clear (Page 16) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - The Clean Water Act: Let's Make it Perfectly Clear (Page 17) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - The Clean Water Act: Let's Make it Perfectly Clear (Page 18) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Developing Trend: Communication is Essential During Large-Scale Projects (Page 19) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Developing Trend: Communication is Essential During Large-Scale Projects (Page 20) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Developing Trend: Communication is Essential During Large-Scale Projects (Page 21) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Developing Trend: Communication is Essential During Large-Scale Projects (Page 22) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Developing Trend: Communication is Essential During Large-Scale Projects (Page 23) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Water Under the Bridge (Page 24) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Municpal Memos (Page 25) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Index to Advertisers (Page 26) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Index to Advertisers (Page Cover3) Municipal Monitor - May/June 2008 - Index to Advertisers (Page Cover4)
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