The City’s Geographic Information System (GIS) staff provides information about the City to its citizens and employees. We maintain accurate corporate limits, streets, zoning, and many other layers of information in our City’s GIS system.
We also provide technical assistance to other departments to help them develop and maintain their own GIS information. Our staff is currently working towards creating a system from which all City employees will have real time access to our GIS information.
The most common way that we communicate GIS information with residents and employees is through maps. We can produce maps up to 34″ x 44″ in size for a minimal fee. Citizens can request a map by emailing us at mckeet@ci.charleston.sc.us, calling or coming by our office at 75 Calhoun Street. Some of our most popular maps are available online for viewing and downloading.
A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a system of computer software, hardware and data, and personnel to help manipulate, analyze and present information that is tied to a spatial or geographic location. GIS is NOT a Global Positioning System (GPS) nor is it a static or paper map. Maps are a product of GIS. GIS is really a ’smart map’. Every feature, such as a street, parcel or building is actually linked to a database that contains information about that feature such as the street name, property owner, or building height.
GIS is so powerful because it allows us to view this information in map form instead of a complex database. Additionally, because features are associated with a geographic location they know how they are related to each other. For example, a GIS can tell you what property owners and therefore how many residents are within a 1 mile radius of a particular park.
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As you can see in todayâs modern World, Globalization is the main factor considered in every walks of life. Starting from small businesses to International trade organizations, Globalization plays an important role in the growth of the firm. As a result of Globalization, these organizations are in need of effective communication with the clients, suppliers and employees worldwide. This is where the intercultural communication comes into play. The need of intercultural communication is indispensable in the Globalized world. Just keep reading on to know more about the need of Intercultural communication.What is Intercultural communication?Intercultural communication can be defined in many ways. Basically Intercultural communication refers to the effective communication between people/ workers/ clients of different cultural background. People have a misconception that intercultural communication is all about dealing with different languages. Though Intercultural communication deals with handling different languages, it also includes managing thought patterns and non verbal communication too. What is the Need of Intercultural communication?It is a well known fact that the success of any International business depends upon the effectiveness in Intercultural communication. Though communicating with people of different cultures and languages will be very much interesting, the intercultural communication skills are hard to come by. Thankfully, with the advancements in technology, there are many kinds of translation services available today. These translation services help people to decode the message given in a different language. You can also opt for cross cultural training if you wish to develop intercultural skills and donât wish to depend on anyone else for effective Intercultural communication. In the highly completive business world, Intercultural communication is also becoming competitive. As the success in International business depends on the Intercultural communication, the International businesses work hard in making their communication right. Delivering a presentation or negotiating… Continue reading
More and more peoples in there daily life use computer to make things that previously they do without computer, for example, buy and sell! Of course, its takes less time and can be done from home, but not so offten peoples thinking about: how safe it is! And from other side seller invent, that he want to start e-commerce, but he not sure what it is and how its works!
This article is for both side…For understanding, how e-commerce mechanism works and how do this cooperation safer!What is E-commerce?
Electronic commerce or ecommerce is a term for any type of business, or commercial transaction, that involves the transfer of information across the Internet or other network.(www.monstercommerce.com)Different types of E-commerce. B2B (Business-to-Business)
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