ERIC Number: EJ593822
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Publication Date: 1999
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The Land's the Limit: Co-ops, Local Communities and Whole Counties Can Use the Same Maps, and Save Millions.
Cliburn, Jill
Rural Electrification Magazine, v57 n12 p24-27 Sep 1999
Geographic information systems (GIS) provide a computer-based system for organizing, tracking, and using practically any kind of information that has a geographic component. Partnerships between rural electric cooperatives and local governments in Minnesota and Missouri make GIS data available for various uses by electric cooperatives, county and municipal governments, environmental managers, libraries, businesses, and citizens. (SV)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperatives, Information Needs, Information Utilization, Local Government, Maps, Regional Cooperation, Rural Areas, Technological Advancement
Journal availability: NRECA, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203 (annual subscription: members, $35, nonmembers $60, foreign $80, single copy: U.S. $6, foreign $10).
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Minnesota; Missouri
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