In Gotta Have GIS, I described learning early of GIS as a powerful tool, but learning more recently of GIS as a power tool for pairing people, businesses and municipalities with data and geography.  I concluded the piece with, "I gotta have GIS."

My, my, look at what we have here.  Web-based GIS for sale at auction on eBay from geographic information systems specialists InteractiveGIS (TM).

I can have GIS!  Or the top bidder can have GIS!

Details from the listing from InteractiveGIS on eBay:

Category: Business & Industrial > Retail & Services > Other

Title: GIS - Powerful Web-Based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Interface

Subtitle:  Collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve data

Item Description:

• iGIS(TM) Basic Interface - Customized, Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS)
• User-friendly technology allows the customer to collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve data.
• High-end map plotting to various formats (PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG).
• Web-hosting services for the GIS, backup storage for critical GIS data.

Finally a chance to pay what you are willing to pay for a GIS - and to get more than you expected.

• Customized, web-based GIS system from InteractiveGIS, Inc. lets you use your data to address current challenges, provide high-impact services, and plan meaningfully for the future.
• User-friendly technology allows the customer to collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve data.
• High-end map plotting to various formats (PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG).
• Web-hosting services for the GIS, backup storage for critical GIS data.
• User-friendly customer support.
• Ideal for towns, cities, counties, states, municipalities, state and federal government agencies, management districts, corporations, utility companies, oil and gas companies, natural resources companies, utility companies, 501(c)(3) organizations.

The final bid price for the iGIS(TM) Basic Interface includes your web-based GIS system set-up, full-service customer support, and one year of annual maintenance and hosting, commencing with the launch date of your GIS.  Annual maintenance is $4500 thereafter and would commence with the beginning of year two and continue annually.

About InteractiveGIS
InteractiveGIS empowers community leaders to deliver valuable, high-impact services and solutions based on their geographic data.  InteractiveGIS provides custom, Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions for federal, state, and local governments, utilities companies, and data-reliant organizations with easily affordable solutions that are instantly accessible anywhere any time by constituents, employees, clients and the public via the Internet.

Minimum Bid: $4,500  

For more graphics and information, here's a .pdf from InteractiveGIS.

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