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Resort Mecca Expands GIS Duties

Program begins gathering data for four departments

Government Engineering Magazine • June 1, 2009

For the city of Palm Desert, CA., the success of its nine-year old GIS program has been an ongoing source of municipal pride. That's why, when the city voted to expand the program include a wider variety of public works, traffic, recreational, and other municipal assets, it also decided to upgrade its aging, out-dated GPS data collectors with newer, nore accurate, lighter weight equipment.
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Pearl Street to reopen around noon after Grand Rapids crews fix break to fire water line

Jon Brouwer, The Grand Rapids Press • mlive.com • May 27, 2009

Pearl Street NW is still officially closed but should re-open soon. City workers are using a Sani-Sweeper to clean up the damage from a broken water main.
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Warsaw crews battle blaze after gas line breaks at construction site

WNDU.com • May 27, 2009

A gas line broke at a construction project in Warsaw on Tuesday evening, leaving crews to fix the leak for over half a day.
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Size of Calgary sinkhole remains a mystery

RICHARD GILBERT • Journal of Commerce

The owner of a high-rise construction project in Calgary has been ordered to remove hoarding and buildings, tear up the sidewalk and remove surface material to determine the size and cause of a massive sinkhole. City of Calgary engineers are working side by side with engineers hired by the owner of Pointe of View Developments.
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