The document discusses how geographic information systems (GIS) can play a key role in infrastructure planning and management. GIS can help integrate data from different systems and stakeholders, consolidate infrastructure records in a centralized database, and provide insights to support various functions like construction, maintenance, operations, customer service, and decision making. Implementing an enterprise GIS solution allows an organization to overcome information silos, improve collaboration, deliver cost savings and productivity gains, and maximize return on investment over the entire life cycle of infrastructure projects and assets.