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Benefits of GIS Generally Fall Into Five General Categories

A post by Jack Dangermond: More thoughts on the benefits of GIS

The five general categories are below. For a more in-depth conversation, please see the following post.

Greater efficiency resulting in cost savings
Better decision making
Improved communication
Better geographic information recordkeeping
Managing geographically.

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