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Environmental Management
The Client
The Department of Environment, Heritage & Local Government is unique among Irish Departments of State in the way that its programmes and activities impinge on the lives of every citizen in the State.
The Challenge
The Department realised that to derive maximum benefit from the application of GI it needed a clear vision and strategic approach to GI implementation.
Solution
To meet the Department's ambitious strategy to provide external public facing access to it's spatial data, a dedicated development team was put together to deliver online access and data download facilities to external stakeholders and the public.
Benefits
The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's progress to date has clearly demonstrated that the Irish Government can improve service and reduce costs through the effective and efficient use of GIS.