As a benefit to our clientele, IGIST professionals author the following set of papers we call "Geographic Decisions". They are an aid to people who both manage GIS departments or are responsible to keep them running. These are not the functional how-to's, but insights that give a wider view of the technology along with the important details that give you a vocabulary on the topic. Please feel free to view these papers in Acrobat Reader, print them, and share them with your staff.

PDF Choosing a Trainer (221Kb)
PDF Describing the Geodatabase (220Kb)
PDF Are You Qualified to Build Your ArcIMS site? (1Mb)
PDF ESRI Conference Perspectives 2003 (151Kb)
PDF Benefits of Precision Golf Course Mapping (1.2Mb)
PDF Web Mapping Reviews (481Kb)
PDF Image Compression and GIS (324Kb)
PDF GIS Performance During San Diego Fires (359Kb)