Bottom line: The principal investigator needs to keep in mind that a Grant Proposal is as much a marketing document as an intellectual document. You will benefit by consulting a few key individuals at an early stage in the planning of the proposal. The Sponsorâs Program Officer (PO). Regardless of the funding agency, it is advisable (and sometimes required) to contact the program officer for the purposes of introducing yourself and your work.
spatial data. Spatial data, also known as geospatial data, is information about a physical object that can be represented by numerical values in a geographic coordinate system.
Attribute data is the detailed data used in combination with spatial data to create a GIS. The more available and appropriate attribute data used with spatial data, the more complete a GIS is as a management reporting and analysis tool.