Governor of California Acknowledges Benefits of GIS in Major Addresshttp://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/geographymatters/archive/2008/07/01/governor-of-california-acknowledges-benefits-of-gis-in-major-address.aspx"Well, we are now, because of her (State Chief Information Officer Teri Takai) help, we are moving full steam ahead. A perfect example is, for instance, GIS. GIS is a form of digital mapping technology, kind of like Google Earth but better. (Laughter)enCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)