Project Goal
The PDS Development Hub Site was created to provide a single authoritative source of data for development activity in Kenton County, KY. A primary goal of the PDS Development Hub was to provide automated, near real-time information for PDS leadership, elected officials, and the public to view the entire development activity picture of the county on-demand.Business Problem Solved
PDS has provided planning, review, and permitting services for several decades and the mission of the organization has largely been the same since its inception. Individual departments used their own tools, workflows, and software to manage their respective parts of the development process effectively. What was lacking from the process was a comprehensive way for PDS leadership, elected officials, and the public to view the entire development activity picture of the county on-demand. This is where Esri software, an eye toward automation, and internal collaboration changed the reality of development tracking in Kenton County for the better, resulting in the PDS Development Hub – an Esri-based Hub Site developed around a single theme: Development Activity.
Technology Implemented
ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Instant Apps, ArcGIS Survey123, ArcPy, Arcade
Development Team Biography
Louis Hill, AICP, GISP - Director of GIS Administration
Joe Busemeyer, GISP - GIS Applications Development Coordinator
Cole Waymeyer, GISP-E - Geospatial Solutions Analyst
Hannah Kravitz - Geospatial Solutions Analyst
Gladys Squire - GIS Applications Developer
Tom East, GISP - Geospatial Solutions Architect
Louis Hill, AICP, GISP, is the Director of GIS Administration at PDS. He leads a team of six full time GIS professionals that manage the LINK-GIS consortium’s three-county mapping and application development ecosystem. He holds an undergraduate degree in urban planning and development and a graduate degree in information and communication sciences from Ball State University. Hill served as the president of the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals from 2017 to 2018 and was previously appointed by the governor for a term on Kentucky’s Geographic Information Advisory Council. He currently teaches GIS and GeoAI curriculum at Thomas More University as an adjunct faculty