On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, RU9 wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Our office is now in the process of considering setting up a GIS.
>

You have a daunting task ahead of you, man.

> Can you please help me in suggesting, what activities are necessary to have
> a GIS.

Are you referring to Geographic Information System?  My "shallow"
understanding of it is that it is a spatial representation of any
information that one has collected.  Thus, if you a data, for instance,
and you point it on a map, you have a sort of a 'geographic info'.

A database program (e.g. Access) and a GIS software usually complement
each other.

> Please recommend hardware, software requirements and other related resources.
>
You can install a GIS software in a PC, it is cheaper that way.  One the
more popular softwares is ArcView.


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