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Polk County to replace PC Maps with new CLOP platform; public rollout set for next week
Summary
Polk County GIS staff told the Board of Commissioners that the county—s public mapping application, PC Maps, is reaching end-of-life because of retired JavaScript APIs and browser package changes. A new Esri-based platform called CLOP will begin a phased public rollout with feature parity expected by March.
Eric McEvoy, the presenter for the Polk County GIS department, told the Board of Commissioners on Dec. 24, 2024, that the county will replace its public mapping application PC Maps with a new platform called CLOP. McEvoy said the migration is driven by retired JavaScript libraries and recent changes in web browsers that began to break features such as printing.
"PC Maps is reaching its end of life," McEvoy said, adding that the underlying JavaScript API (Dojo) has been retired and that Chrome updates have started to cause functionality failures. He described CLOP as a ground-up rebuild on the Esri JavaScript API designed for modern, mobile-first web use and improved security.
McEvoy provided usage context to underline the public impact: "PC Maps has had…
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