Rock County Planning, Economic, and Community Development Agency Kurt J. Wheeler Physical/Environmental Geographer A.A.S. - University of Wisconsin-Rock County B.S. - University of Wisconsin -Whitewater GIS Manager Rock County Planning, Economic and Community Development Agency. To insert your company logo on this slide From the Insert Menu Select “Picture” Locate your logo file Click OK To resize the logo Click anywhere inside the logo. The boxes that appear outside the logo are known as “resize handles.” Use these to resize the object. If you hold down the shift key before using the resize handles, you will maintain the proportions of the object you wish to resize.

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Presentation Agenda History Building Blocks Current Situation Struggles Future Goals Purpose: To Share Information on Lessons Learned. Relate to Common Situations, Challenges and Solutions.

Rock County GIS History

Rock County Planning, Economic, and Community Development Agency GIS History at Rock County Planning –GIS Started in –Hand Cartography Prior (30 Years) –Great Hardcopy Maps and Info! –As of 2000, Basic GIS Data. –Differing Projections/Varied Quality

Rock County GIS Building Blocks

Welcome Aboard Here’s Your Office July 2000 Questions What’s Genamap? Where’s the Inventory? Where’s the Metadata? Where’s the ESRI?

Rock County Planning, Economic, and Community Development Agency Before Effective Management of Any Resource Can Begin, An Inventory of That Resources Must Occur.

First things First July 2000 The Basics What Do We Have? Where Did it Come From? How is it Used? Do We Need to Keep It?

First things First July 2000 Data Needs a Home Dedicated Server Windows Environment Create an Organizational File Structure –Data and Departmental Users –Responsibilities

Training and Practice LICGF Training One on One with Colleagues ESRI –User Support –Mike Schlect –EWUG User Group State Of Wisconsin (SCO, OLIS, LTSB) WLIA

Critical Help Land Records Program –Land Records Committee (Funding/Support) –Hardware/Software/Training/Time Phil Blazkowski, Director of Planning & Dev. –Vision/Tools/Support Key County Board Members and Administration –Interest, Savvy, and Support of Technology

Rock County GIS Current

Current Rock County GIS Current Departmental GIS Users Planning Real Property Land Conservation Health 911 Surveyor

Current Rock County GIS Recent Events and GIS World Trade Center World Trade Center #7 DC/Virginia Sniper Attacks - Geographic Profiling Space Shuttle Columbia - Debris Field GPS/Buffer Iraq War – GPS, Satellites, and Computers SARS Outbreak- # Cases and Locations

Current Rock County GIS –Use, Demand, and Savvy Increasing Constantly ( Supervisors, Administration, Public) –User Base Consistently Growing (DA, Sheriff, 911, E-Management, Public Works, Treasurer, etc.) –Data Acquisition and Management = Key Jobs

Data –Orthophotography/Aerial Photography –Topography –Planimetric Data –Thematic Data (Physical/Environmental, Political, Demographical). –Cadastral –Oracle Attribute DB –GPS –Field Survey/Research Current Rock County GIS

Parcels Addresses Soils Wetlands Hydrology Roads Floodplains Rail School Districts Census Data Parks Inventory/Site Plans Bridges/Shortspans/Culverts Dot Height Benchmarks Emergency Sirens Dams Watersheds Public/Private Wells Economic Development Sites Current Rock County GIS

Rock County Planning, Economic, and Community Development Agency Planning GIS Applications –Thematic Mapping –Environmental Analysis –Political Mapping/Analysis –Economic Development –Emergency Management

GIS Applications in Rock County Planning Floodplain Analysis –Cadastral Information –Orthophotography –Digitized FEMA Floodplain Maps –Fast and Accurate –vs-Antiquated –Re-Delineation Project (FEMA/WDNR)

GIS Applications in Rock County Planning Land Divisions/Management –Environmental Analysis Soils/Construction –ESOSA –Slopes –Liquidity Hydrology –Drainage –Retention –Everybody is Downstream from Somebody Infrastructure –Roads, Rail, etc.

GIS Applications in Rock County Planning Key GIS Project Accomplishments Environmentally Significant OS Areas Natural Areas Study 2001 Land Use Inventory 2000 Re-Apportionment 2000 POROS Plan 2003

Rock County Planning, Economic, and Community Development Agency Past and Current Struggles User Training/Skill Levels Hardware/Software/IT Metadata Data Pricing Data Organization (User Appreciation) Keeping up with Technology

Rock County GIS Future

Rock County GIS Future Goals Web Presence (ArcIMS) –Increase Service and Information to Users –Online not “In Line” Migration to Geodatabases/SDE Orthophoto/Topo Updates Hydrology Update Metadata (Processing)

Rock County GIS Future Departmental GIS Users Public Works Parks Sheriff’s Dept. DA County Clerk County Treasurer

Rock County GIS Future Struggles Manpower Funding Departmental Management (champions) Departmental Communication (system) Data Organization/Metadata Integrity

Rock County GIS Why?

Rock County GIS GIS Benefits Save Time/Improve Efficiency Improve Communication/Collaboration Reduce Costs Improve Data Accuracy and Management

Rock County GIS Key Jobs Deliver Information That Will Help People Make Better Decisions. To Aid in Our Citizen’s Understanding of a Increasingly Complex World. Work Smarter, Conserve Resources, and Save Money.

Rock County Planning, Economic, and Community Development Agency Thank You! Questions Anyone?