GIS for land management : an overview on Italy
Ronzino, Paola
The introduction of the use of Geographic Information System (GIS), by many European cities of different dimensions and importance, became a necessity in the complex evolution of the urban and territorial phenomena. The all sectors that deal with land analysis and management, consider GIS application a useful tool for integrating and analysing data from different formats, scale and coordinate systems, according to specific cognitive objectives. For each of these aspects, everything is based on land survey and its precise and accurate graphic and cartographic representation, where the main technical figure, also in Italy, is represented by Surveyors. More advanced public administrations use these systems for spatial and not spatial data processing, to transform the data into information, for integration of different data type, for analysing and modelling phenomena that occur on the terrestrial surface, offering a qualified technical support for improving land management on decision making at political, administrative and strategic level.
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