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The Appalachian Ohio Geospatial Data Partnership (AOGDP) is a coalition of counties, regional and state agencies, and the private sector, formed to support the advancement of the use of GIS in southeastern Ohio. One of the founding partners, Thomas Fisher, who is also the Information Systems and Technology manager for the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, describes how and why the partnership was formed.