GIS for Local Government

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GIS can assist in most business functions for small cities and large counties, giving local government the tools to understand the lands that they manage. Even governments that have a small budget can take advantage of new, inexpensive GIS technologies. Gorge GIS can guide an organization through a phased GIS-implementation strategy that focuses on quick results and leaves room for more complex plans.

New GIS client/server software allows for inexpensive viewing capabilities that help local governments identify zoning, the location of water/sewer lines or fire hydrants. Tax-lot data is typically available from a county GIS server. GIS data-viewers can be used to access a county GIS server data while simultaneously accessing local GIS data.

Many of our GIS models have been specifically developed for rural lands, providing suitability and cumulative-effects modeling, built/vacant analysis, and satellite image-based change detection. More advanced GIS implementations can assist in long-range planning, identifying affected parties for water/sewer failures, or emergency vehicle dispatch.

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