North Dakota GIS Conference 2006: Presentations
Various States of GIS: Bridging Borders through Cooperative Coordination
Presented by: Doug Bartels, GIS Coordinator, Richland County, ND and Wayne Hurley, AICP, Transportation Planning Director, West Central Initiative
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Early in our nation's history there was greater interest in moving from territorial status to statehood, bringing with it the dividing lines we have all come to know so well, the contiguous lower 48. In an effort to minimize the disparity between the differences of our states and rather display the unity that so formed this union of our states, several with in the GIS community currently persist in cross-border cooperation, specifically between North Dakota and Minnesota.
What does it mean to work together between states? What bridges have been built in the past, are currently being built and will any be built in the future? Is it naive to think that contiguous states, identified by a border boundary line, can work together for the benefit of their own constituents as well as those in a different state sharing the same border?
This session will explore what and how cooperative GIS projects and resources have benefited GIS users and citizens in the Red River Valley and beyond. Specifically this session will look at the efforts to bridge borders by the Pine to Prairie GIS User group and the Community GIS Technical Committee serving communities in the southern Red River Valley and beyond.
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