National Association of GIS-Centric Solutions


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An association of Esri® and ArcGIS® licensed organizations dedicated to:
  • promoting Esri GIS as a mission critical enterprise-wide solution;
  • the benefits of an organization leveraging their investment in Esri GIS;
  • the benefits and unique characteristics of GIS-centric software solutions;
  • the benefits of the geodatabase as the authoritative asset / feature data repository;
    and
  • the benefits of the geodatabase as an open and shared database.


Performance-based Criteria:
  • Esri ArcGIS geodatabase is the asset / feature data repository.
  • Non-redundant asset / feature data storage with no reliance on views, links, data mapping, or database triggers.
  • User-definable asset / feature data model that is customizable without vendor support.
  • Non-proprietary asset / feature data structures for field names, types, tables, relationships, and other data design elements.
  • Shared asset / feature data design allowing other GIS-centric solutions to concurrently utilize the asset / feature data.
  • Inherently location-aware asset / feature data structure, enabling full utilization of GIS analysis and modeling tools.
  • ArcGIS software is used to create and maintain the asset / feature data - including for coordinates, shapes, attributes, and data error identification and correction methods - preserving the integrity of the geodatabase relationships, domains, data types, etc.