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Pinal County staff propose repealing GIS data fees, moving to free open-data portal
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Pinal County GIS staff proposed repealing the county's GIS data fee schedule and publishing the same map layers for free on an open-data portal so residents and businesses can download individual layers or full data packages without paying or waiting.
Pinal County GIS staff proposed repealing the county's GIS data fee schedule and publishing the same map layers for free on an open-data portal so residents and businesses can download individual layers or full data packages without paying or waiting.
The proposal, presented May 14 to the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, would shift the county from a manual, one-time paid data-delivery model to an automated ArcGIS Hub/ArcGIS Open Data portal that staff said would be updated weekly and would remove staff time spent processing payments and custom orders.
Sarah Hess, GIS supervisor for the county's Information Technology Services Department, said the current process requires members of the public to "submit a GIS data request form," make a payment, and then wait while staff process the order. "Right now, the current…
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