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3 chapter one INTRODUCTION Over the past several decades, U.S. cities and counties, and more recently airports, have developed geographic information system (GIS)
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4 • The FAA Airports GIS Program provides a national repository for standardized airport data and a platform for future applications and tools that FAA and airports require, with a focus on the geographic information needed to support flight procedure and airfield development, and the eventual goal of including thousands of airports in the United States. Some of the individuals interviewed acknowledged that the FAA program is one of the largest enterprise GIS programs in the world.
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5 within the FAA were also interviewed, but their responses are treated differently because of the different objectives of these separate lines of business. In some cases, multiple individuals from a single organization participated in the phone interviews; consequently, the number of responses is a count of the number of organizations interviewed rather than the number of individuals who participated.
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6 FIGURE 2 What level of GIS does your organization employ? Source: 13 of 44 survey respondents.
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7 The response rate to the interviews exceeded 90% largely because relevant interview candidates were identified by review, referral, or industry experience, resulting in a targeted group of exemplary airports and public agencies. To ensure that the study was comprehensive, all interviewees were asked for referrals to others from their region or in other regions who could provide a helpful perspective.
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