A computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating & displaying geographically referenced information


Geographic Information System (GIS)

M&E and GIS have a fundamental difference: M&E is temporally focused – measuring changes and outcomes occurring over time and GIS is spatially oriented – identifying where the outcomes are occurring. Our challenge is to merge these two different views into one tool that will display useful information in support of a successful outcome for the project. How we accomplish this depends heavily on selecting appropriate, meaningful data for monitoring the project.