GIS SYSTEM EXPANDING COUNTY CAPABILITIES

The Public Works Department in Utah County, Utah, is using a Geographical Information System (GIS) to do more work without increasing staff. Nearly every county agency is using the GIS. For example, the planning department generates zone maps with the county's road information, city boundaries, and river lines; the assessor's office uses parcel information for reassessment purposes; and the sheriff's department plans emergency routes with the help of GIS road and hazard information. This article discusses in greater detail the applications of the GIS in Utah County. An insert with this article explains the difference between CAD and GIS.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Public Works Journal Corporation

  P.O. Box 688
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Authors:
  • Lang, L
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 55-57
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 119
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Appraisals; Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Geographic information systems; Highway planning; Maintenance management; Maps
• Old TRIS Terms: Geographical information systems; Land appraisal
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476906
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1989 12:00AM