CITY OF PRATTVILLE, AL ADDRESSING Geospatial Data Structure

Prattville, Alabama -Address Numbers determined by grid -City center of origin -Not based on current thoroughfares

AUTAUGA COUNTY AND PRATTVILLE: County wide dataset does exist, however not updated, maintained, or standardized to meet our needs. SOLUTION: Field Verification POPULATION County 50,000 City 35 – 40,000 Roughly 13,000 city addresses 2.5 year time frame to visit each

COMPLETED One Dot = One Address To Date: 16,521 addresses visited DATA COLLECTED -Owner – Address - Date Visited - Land Use - Structure Condition - Business Name -Former Occupant - Image Capture & Hotlink

“IM – PA - HOE” Field Transportation: Used like a 4X4 Tahoe Does more ‘off- roading’ than most 4X4’s

SACTTERED ADDRESS STRUCTURES Difficult to reach, secluded addresses Multiple addresses – one property – scattered GPS readings ? Or straight line in the parcel? Drive / traverse every driveway, trail, unpaved road, etc. …

Over 50,000 Parcels Point Layer Data based on parcel geometric center Not all parcels addressed Many contain mailing address in different, city, county, state.

North Pole GIS -So many agencies rely on address data sharing: Utilities, Postal Service, etc -Inconvenience of address change, phone calls to utilities, banks, insurance agencies, etc. -Bad time of year to change address, can even mess up Santa’s GPS

DO NOT DISREGARD OLD DATA Excellent historic reference Consult each time new address is assigned to avoid overlooking retired addresses Outdated technology vs. User Comfort Level … Created in MS Paint

ADDRESS DATABASE SOURCES Point & Click GPS Collection.. Inter-Agency Sharing

IMPERATIVE EQUIPMENT IN ADDRESSING

NEGATIVE DATA ACQUISITION

Addressing Authority G.I.S. 911 Police Fire Emergency Management Engineering Development U.S.P.S. FED EX, UPS

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS CITY OF PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA RYAN PECHARKA, G.I.S. COORDINATOR