A well-developed geographic information system (GIS) is worth a million words. It's worth a lot especially when a lack of communication has been any community's greatest antagonist. GIS is simply a technology that allows for information and data to become visual. Today, a growing world of data is available to citizens. And because often this data is free, preparing a GIS can be inexpensive depending upon your direct needs. The results, however,
are priceless.

For rural communities and townships heavily reliant upon agriculture, using a GIS to highlight development patterns and highlight prime farmland has done wonders. Not only can lot splits be visualized, but when overlaid with soils, the GIS can help public officials ascertain which areas are better to develop or preserve. Projects handled by Reveille can range anywhere from the "scratch" development of a GIS for any size political subdivision, to the revitalization and manipulation of your existing GIS and data.