Indisputably, cities of the twenty-first century need intracity-level information to formulate relevant policies to be targeted in very specific neighbourhoods. This requires data analysis at a disaggregated level, even at the neighbourhood level, and the application of small-area statistics to detect pockets of poverty and slums which would otherwise be levelled out by aggregation.
ويمكن أن تدرج معظم المعلومات الجغرافية تلك الوظائف باستخدام تكنولوجيا المعلومات الحديثة مما يمكن السلطات المحلية من اتخاذ القرارات المتعلقة بالسياسات بطريقة أفضل.