A
graphical, user-friendly software package was developed which included
the following categories: water supply, shelter, communications, energy,
waste disposal, land use, society, general. The user could then obtain
information on: literature, research, available products and consultants.
Several
hundred items of information were entered on the system and the package
was given to DAA for a trial period to gain feedback. With the increasing
presence of computers in the offices of remote communities the database
could be further developed in several ways:
-
mailout of regularly updated computer discs;
- a central repository of information accessed by modem (internet web
site);
- access to an interactive advisory service via electronic mail;
- access to a visual, interactive advisory service via video link-up.
