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Greenwood County

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Project Goal

To migrate existing librarian based GIS database into an SQL Server ArcSDE geodatabase and serve all data live on a lightweight Visual Basic .Net GIS website

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Business Problem Solved

1) Greenwood's previous GIS website was based on the HTML viewer template and was sometimes too slow for users with dial-up Internet access. The county also needed to reduce software maintenance requirements by creating a single website to support intranet, Internet, and premium website subscribers. In addition, advanced GIS functionality was needed such as buffering, mailing label creation, and the ability to insert graphics and text.

2) The county needed a better enterprise solution for maintaining the GIS database. Editing coverages with ArcInfo workstation technology was too cumbersome and lacked a modern user interface.

Technology Implemented

For website development:

- Visual Basic .Net
- ArcIMS 9.0
- ActiveX connector
- .Net Link

For GIS database maintenance:

- ArcGIS 9.0
- SQL Server 2000
- ArcSDE 9.0
- ArcScene

Development Team Biography

The Greenwood County GIS department includes:

Brad Barnell - GIS Manager (Webmaster, Lead Programmer)
Sandra Ellenberg - GIS Analyst (Land Records Coordinator)
Shane Sprouse - GIS Analyst (ArcSDE Administrator)

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