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Montgomery Township releases tutorial for its Parks GIS application
Summary
Montgomery Township staff provided a step-by-step walkthrough of the township Parks GIS application, showing how to access park details, trail information, and use map filters and symbology.
GIS Jen, identifying herself as the host of the GIST series, delivered a short tutorial on Montgomery Township’s Parks application, a mapping tool hosted on the township website. She instructed viewers to navigate to the township website, select Departments, then Geographic Information Systems under Administration to find the applications page and click "Explore" to open the Parks app.
The app’s main view displays a panel of photographs representing township-owned parks alongside a map with green polygons outlining each park’s boundaries. Jen said users can click an image or a park polygon to view the park’s street address, a brief description, and a list of amenities. The app also provides information about trails and individual amenities within parks.
Viewers can change which images appear by choosing either the park features or trails layer from a dropdown menu. Jen demonstrated that the trail layer uses different symbols to show predominant walking-surface types and that most park-feature symbols clearly indicate the type of amenity. She also showed how the legend icon on the right side of the map explains symbol meanings and how the filter icon lets users narrow results by feature or trail surface; zooming into a park can further refine filter results.
The tutorial concluded with a reminder to consult the Montgomery Township website for more GIS resources and information.
