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City unveils GIS applications and open data portal to support planning and public access
Summary
Flagstaff IT presented the city’s GIS program, public mapping applications and an open data portal, demonstrating how spatial analysis guides planning, emergency response, utilities and public engagement.
Rob Spear, IT manager for GIS, presented an overview of the Flagstaff GIS program and the city’s public open data portal during the April 8 council meeting.
Spear described the evolution of the city’s GIS from desktop mapping to an enterprise platform that supports dozens of data layers and applications for multiple departments. He demonstrated how GIS is used for analysis (examples included bivariate maps showing building age and…
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