Geographic information system technology: Implications for disaster and emergency management in Sweden

The idea of using coordinated data in community planning was introduced in Sweden as early as 1955 and resulted in production of the real estate register and registration books to ADB (Automatic Data Processing) in digital form. A new department was established with the task of producing a digital central point for each property and the digital coordinates of the houses from the property map. Furthermore, another department was formed to develop the use of the property coordinates and integration between registers, and in this way the internationally recognized project FRIS (Experiment with the Spatial Information System) was formed, and besides map programs, several reports and international meetings were arranged [1].
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research