Just leverage it: Leverage the potential of project data with GIS
Tracking the myriad bits of data necessary for strategic environmental data management (SEDM) is the bane of most project managers. But therein lies the challenge. In SEDM, technology is used to physically link personnel over local- or wide-area networks, or even the Internet, to enterprise data and applications. Ideally, this connection makes it possible to turn each project into a living data model that is able to mature in scope and detail through the months or years of its lifetime. The network makes it possible for participants to tap into the model to download current data about one site or to view how a site aspect has changed over time. The result of this approach is more accurate information, readily available to all project participants for analysis, compliance reporting and presentations. SEDM will be the hot catch-phrase for the coming decade as those involved with managing environmental remediation and monitoring hazardous materials realize the power of working together in more than a figurative sense. Geographic information system (GIS) technology makes it easier for all involved to find, view and merge environmental data into meaningful reports and strategies.
- OSTI ID:
- 460462
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Solutions, Vol. 10, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: Mar-Apr 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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