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What do you do if your GIS projects fail?
I've found its good practice to set expectations early and to set the expectation that you and your team are willing to review projects during all phases. Mid-project reviews will catch failures while they can still be accounted for. And being accountable for failures after a project completion will go a long way to reassuring the stakeholders of the relevancy and credibility of the information. Willingness to admit and explain where GIS data falls short will empower others to use the information and results effectively.
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What do you do if your GIS projects fail?
QA/QC is vital, and it is vital to have a documented process for insuring accuracy and quality in all GIS data and their derivatives. Having a peer preform pre-delivery quality assurance is one of the sure-fire ways to catch errors before they are carried through to the final delivery.
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How can you avoid poor GIS analysis with better metadata?
Metadata carries essential information about the story of the data. It will tell you how relevant the information contained is to your analysis or project. Guide you on the best use of the data and it's limitations. Act as a reference point for map design and data visualization. When a question arrises the metadata will be able to answer it or point users to the source, data creator, or the authority responsible for curation.
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How can you perform spatial operations like buffering and intersecting in a GIS database?
Buffers create larger (or smaller) areas that will represent zones of influence or proximity. In addition to common uses such as zones of influence and proximity, buffers can also be used to create polygon features using lines or points. If road centerline data and attributes are accurate enough and include widths of pavement. Attributes within line features can indicate the width of the buffer and the result is more relevant for area calculations, visualization and zonal statistics calculation from raster datasets.
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