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How to Leverage GIS Data

In this article for T&D World, Dewberry Senior Project Manager James Parker, Vice President David Taylor, and Pepco Holdings Senior Manager Sara Lacey describe how web-based geographic information system (GIS) software provides utility users with the ability to effectively manage assets in a map-based database.

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In this article for T&D World, Dewberry Senior Project Manager James Parker, Vice President David Taylor, and Pepco Holdings Senior Manager Sara Lacey describe how web-based geographic information system (GIS) software provides utility users with the ability to effectively manage assets in a map-based database.

Published in T&D World, February 2023. By James Parker, David Taylor, and Sara Lacey.

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