Message-ID: <m0vCG0n-0006AUC@ayllu.rcp.net.pe> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 21:10:00 EST From: LUIS MORANTE ALVARADO <mailto:moranteing@AMAUTA.RCP.NET.PE> Subject: Re: any technology that works To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Lima (Peru) the 12th. of October, 1996
Dear Jim,
Certanly, the GIS is a very powerful tool that must be used in
several opportunities with the purpose to carry on to the correct reply or
to collaborate with authorities for the planning in urban and/or rural
(agriculture, minning, natural resources, roads, etc.) areas.- However the
main problem is the economic cost of the softwares that must be used.- For
the people involved in CAD and Date Base it is not a real problem and the
matter is only in the application in the involved project.-
Best regards in the Hispanic Day
LUIS MORANTE ALVARADO
At 08:00 1/10/96 CST, you wrote:
>Hello kind sirs and madams,
>
>I have read with interest the discussion about appropriate technology and
>development. Let me say up front that most of what I know about it comes
>from reading this list. Also the economic issues fly by somewhat high
>over my head. I would, however, like to pose a question about a specific
>technology which I have some expertise in.
>
>Are computers and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in particular
>appropriate technologies for all or any developing countries? I have=
worked
>in GIS for several years and feel that it has great potential (at least in
>the US) for the wise management of our lands (agricultural, urban, and
>natural). I understand that the infrastructure to support this technology
>has varying levels of reliability throughout the world. Does it make sense
>for NGO's and governments to make substantial contributions for the
>improvement of the electronic environment so that technologies like GIS
>can be implemented?
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ING=BA LUIS MORANTE ALVARADO
SANTIAGO DE SURCO, LIMA 33 PERU
e-mail: mailto:moranteing@amauta.rcp.net.pe