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City of LawrenceView Photo(s) of Award Presentation Project Goal
To create an enterprise GIS capable of supporting the spatial data needs of all departments. Generalized, project-specific, and department-specific applications are built by GIS personnel to create efficiencies in daily operations by all levels of staff. Creating a sense of data and project ownership have been keys to success with interested departments participating in development. This interaction enables data and projects to stay alive and become important pieces in the overall analytical framework. Data sharing between the city and county has been beneficial to both entities by reducing data redundancy, improving data quality, and making the data pool much larger. GIS software and access to a passel of data on nearly all computers help personnel do their respective jobs more effectively and better serve the citizens of Lawrence and Douglas County. Business Problem Solved
Making GIS accessible throughout the organization was possible by using ArcReader and published maps. Visualization and ability to quickly create a map in ArcReader reduces confusion associated with many spatially-oriented situations. Point and click interaction with information related to features in published maps fulfills many needs short of analytical capability. Deployment options for GIS data are either local or network. Both options use combinations of shapefiles, personal and SDE geodatabases, and images (catalogs, mosaics, and scans) to put the same information at everyone’s fingertips. Technology Implemented
Software and equipment in use includes: ArcGIS (ArcReader, ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo); ArcView 3.3; ArcSDE for SQL; ArcIMS; ArcPad; field GPS (sub-meter Leica, sub-centimeter Trimble, and sub-centimeter Ashtech); and a Trimble CORS. Development Team Biography
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