FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT, ACADEMY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract
The article presents the results of pilot studies carried out in the cities of Łódź Metropolitan Area. The study
concerned the use of geographical information system by the employees of offices of these cities. The interest in
the subject of GIS in Polish urban communes results from the assumptions of the EU INSPIRE Directive and the
necessity of its implementation in the basic units of territorial division of Poland. The aim of the research was the
analysis of the impact of GIS on the sphere of the public participation in the process of local management and the
possible use of GIS in the decision making in communes. Research showed what kind of software was used in
analyzed communes
