Street Light Planner: - The street light planner can be used to calculate the number and type of street lights along with the height of poles required in a street as par Standard set by the Government.

Site Suitability Analysis: - This tool can be used to find out what type of land the government has designated for what types of activities. This is very useful for a common man to find the designated areas for various purpose and also it is possible to decide and apply a building approval plan.

Further more CIMS functionalities can be used for establishing Fault Repair Call Centers (FRCC) for drinking water supply, online verification for death and birth certificates, decentralized planning for the available resources (just by adding up the demographic data), GPS based vehicle tracking system etc.

Cost and benefits Analysis: -

Cost: - Implementation cost: - CIMS is built on Thin Client/ server architecture, operated on central data base which is cutting down the cost of costly client side software’s. Existing standard hardware and software of the organization can be used for data display and analysis. Even on server side also, GIS solution based on PARIS technology is cheaper than the others available in market. This is the major advantage of CIMS on PARIS from the implementation perspective.

Operational Cost: - In CIMS all processing capabilities are centralized, so in case of data update and editing there is no need to change in all the PCs. This has significantly reduced the operational cost. Working with CIMS is as simple as Internet browsing therefore a minimum training is required for corporation staff. Benefits: -

Benefit to Municipal Corporation

1. Faster Collection of revenue: - CIMS provides information (synoptic) about the person/ property who are not paying the tax in any particular ward or street, even a Report also can be generated for these persons and a tax collector/reminder can be send.
2. Quick Delivery of Services: - After CIMS implementation, corporation will be able to process the request from citizen quickly, because most of the information will be readily available within no time for required action.
3. Opportunity for new revenue: - CIMS is able to provide information about un-assessed property in any area. Those properties can be assessed immediately. Street light poles are very good source for revenue by leasing them to advertising agencies.

CIMS is providing the information about each pole in corporation limit, which makes easier for corporation authority to decide and calculate the lease rate for any particular road as par its importance.

Benefits to citizens: - CIMS is not beneficial only for corporation but citizens will get the ultimate benefit of CIMS either directly or indirectly. Some major benefits are as:

1. Time saving: - Citizens can get the information about their dues (Property tax and water charges) from the web, incase if they did not get their bill on time.
2. City Information: - Citizens will be able to get information about bus routes, shortest routes between two places, nearest school and hospital and other services.
3. Site Selection: - An entrepreneur can decide on the optimal location for establishing any new ventures based on his services and querying for the areas of potential clients.

Implementation Issues: -
In developing countries, where the infrastructure development and deployment has not been in a predefined fashion, it is quiet difficult to collect, tabulate and verify the huge volume of data that is the heart of any GIS system. The cost of collecting and reorganizing the data is nevertheless going to be a one time cost and since GIS has been proved one of the most powerful tools for planning, developing and managing large countries, it is better that a start be made in this direction, before the costs escalate further.

Data updating on a regular basis is another implementation issue but this can be overcome by having a central system of data sharing that can eliminate data redundancy and bring down the implementation cost.

Resistance in staff for moving towards new systems can also be an obstacle in the implementation which can be eliminated by rigorous interactive sessions on importance of GIS and its implementation.

Conclusion: -
Corporation Information Management System (CIMS) will provide a cost effective, efficient and an integrated GIS solution for Municipal Corporations. CIMS functionalities don’t ends here; in fact it’s a beginning towards playing an instrumental role for corporations in getting a status of fully e Governed Corporation. The benefit of CIMS is unlimited and umpteen number of value additions can be incorporated by an IT savvy visionary administrator.