“Investing in a complete GIS system with full functionality produces an overall reduction in operating and maintenance costs and can become the foundation of a lower cost asset management system,” according to the nonprofit Water Finance Research Foundation (WFRF).The foundation completed a comprehensive review of the Esri-GIS features of major computerized maintenance management and infrastructure asset management systems that U.S. and Canadian municipalities use. The review helps water managers make better software selections, based on their specific needs.The foundation evaluated the software systems from 14 different suppliers (in alphabetic order): Accela, Agile Assets, Azteca System’s Cityworks, Cartegraph, Cityview, EnerGov, IBM’s
A Comparative Review of Esri and GIS Systems
Sep 25, 2013
| by Jim Force |
