Comment Re:GIS info is sensitive? Give me a break! (Score 1) 269
Some group has to fight hard to justify a budget allocation big enough to cover their GIS software licenses... and they don't want other government groups to reap the benefits without helping to pay for it.
Yeah? So freakin' what.
Why should I, as the taxpayer, be concerned with the budgetary constraints of inter (and sometmies intra) departmental rivalry? You've just made a case for a central GIS unit in local government to do the work, get the money, and act as a consultant for other departments. Matter of fact, every county I'm familiar with does it this way.
Fact of the matter is, for all intents and purposes, all this information is a matter of public record. It's just that GIS allows us to view, manage, and manipulate this information in novel and useful ways.
