New Book on GIS Wastewater Facilities Features Chapter By PlanGraphics' Marina Havan.FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Marina Havan A Havan is a sacred purifying ritual (yajna) in Hinduism that involves a fire ceremony. It is a ritual of sacrifice made to the fire god Agni. After lighting a Havan Kund (sacrificial fire), objects such as fruits, honey, or wooden goods are put into the sacred fire. , an executive consultant with PlanGraphics, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PGRA PGRA Plant Growth Regulator Abstracts (database) ), is the author of a chapter in the new book GIS (1) (Geographic Information System) An information system that deals with spatial information. Often called "mapping software," it links attributes and characteristics of an area to its geographic location. Implementation for Water & Wastewater Treatment Facilities, published by the Water Environment Federation. Havan wrote a chapter on change management. "The book was designed to deal with GIS implementation from soup to nuts "Soup to nuts" is an English idiom conveying the meaning of "from beginning to end". It is derived from the description of a complete meal, whose courses range from soup to a dessert of nuts. ," said Havan. "Working closely with clients, more often than not the challenge of implementing GIS and other systems is dealing with the organizational and business process changes that are required to leverage new systems." Havan has been a consultant with PlanGraphics since 1994; her chapter draws on her experience managing GIS implementation in a number of utility projects. The book is available from the Water Environment Federation's Web site, www.wef.org. WEF is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization, founded in 1928, that focuses on the preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. PlanGraphics, founded in 1979, is a full life-cycle systems integration and implementation firm providing a broad range of services in the design and implementation of information technology in the public and commercial sectors. PlanGraphics' experience with spatial information systems and e-services capabilities provides a critical discriminator dis·crim·i·na·tor n. 1. One that discriminates. 2. Electronics A device that converts a property of an input signal, such as frequency or phase, into an amplitude variation, depending on how the signal differs from a among other IT consulting and integration firms. PlanGraphics has headquarters in Frankfort, Ky., and regional offices in Maryland, Colorado and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . On the Web: www.plangraphics.com. |
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