Missouri Town Uses GIS for Mapping Trees

Government Technology: WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- City planner Amanda Jacobson gave the Tree Board a demonstration Thursday on how the new geographic information system will be used to monitor and manage the city’s tree inventory.

Jacobson said the system pinpoints trees in the inventory and highlights the trees to be removed, shows the trees needing pruning, available planting sites and the location of trees that have been removed.

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