Computer-aided Mapping for Facilities Management and Environmental Compliance A Case Study

Authors

  • Diane C. Drigot
  • Margaret E. Elliott
  • Karen L. Glyn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14714/CP09.1068

Keywords:

computer-aided mapping, management, environment, GIS, CAD

Abstract

As staff and budgets shrink and environmental requirements grow, facilities managers face a critical need for more timely access to geographic-based information to achieve regulatory compliance. An integrated Geographic Information System (GIS) can successfully satisfy this need for a large municipality. But for managers at smaller facilities, a full-function GIS often exceeds what is needed and affordable. Such managers can derive similar benefits with minimal staff, budget, and equipment investments by developing a microcomputerbased system, using CAD/CAM software as a mapping package linked with third-party database management software. This paper describes how a military installation in Hawai'i successfully built such a system using AutoCAD and dBase III+.

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Published

1991-03-01

How to Cite

Drigot, D. C., Elliott, M. E., & Glyn, K. L. (1991). Computer-aided Mapping for Facilities Management and Environmental Compliance A Case Study. Cartographic Perspectives, (09), 3–15. https://doi.org/10.14714/CP09.1068

Issue

No. 09 (1991)

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