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Winter Springs previews interactive parks map; staff asks committee for feedback
Summary
City staff presented a first public look at an interactive ArcGIS‑based parks map that allows residents to filter amenities, search by address and view trails; committee members requested added accessibility, restroom locations and reservation indicators before launch.
City staff in Winter Springs gave the Parks Advisory Committee a first look at a new interactive parks map at their regular meeting. The tool, built in-house using Esri’s ArcGIS Experience Builder, is intended to appear on the city website and let residents search parks, filter amenities (restrooms, playgrounds, pavilions, courts), and view trail overlays.
The map was introduced by Brian Downigan, director of administrative services and operations, and demonstrated by Jeff Stanford, the city’s senior GIS analyst. Downigan said the city wanted “an interactive accurate hub for all parks” and called the preview a first version intended to evolve with user feedback. Stanford showed how users can click an individual park to see listed amenities and use filters to narrow results by restroom availability, playgrounds, courts and other features.
Committee members asked for additional detail before launch. A member asked whether the map can locate restrooms precisely or only indicate that a park has restrooms; Stanford said the current iteration shows that restrooms exist at a park and that adding more precise locations is a possible enhancement. Multiple members asked for a handicap accessibility filter, bike‑rack locations, hours of operation, photos and clearer indicators for whether amenities are reservable. Downigan said reservation links would point users to the city’s separate facility reservations website and that the parks team will consider adding filters and reservation availability markers in future iterations.
Stanford described tradeoffs made for performance and noted some filters replicate repeated data; he said deeper feature sets could slow the application and would be addressed in later versions. Staff said the map is not yet live; when it is posted to the city website they will share the link with committee members and invited feedback via the clerk’s office. The city’s public information officers, Matt Reeser and Brianna, will post notices and e‑alerts about closures or temporary amenity outages.
The committee generally praised the project as a solid starting point and recommended that staff add, at minimum, handicap accessibility indicators, reservation availability flags, and photo/hours fields or links. Staff said they will continue to collect input and update the tool after launch.
