Public Sector

GIS has dramatically changed the way government employees and officials—and the public itself—access and use geographic information. The public sector has been the venue for some of the most ambitious, multi-user, multi-participant GIS projects that have been implemented.

Because so much of the information that governments use has a locational component, public sector use of GIS is marked by a wide diversity of applications. While GIS has its origins in automated mapping, it has become a much more powerful tool for organizing, analyzing, accessing, and presenting large amounts of data. Common applications include tax assessment, emergency dispatch and public safety, permitting, public works and transportation, economic development, land use planning, and natural resources management.

Does experience matter? You bet it does!

From some of the earliest local government GIS projects—such as Kenai Peninsula Borough in Alaska—to cutting-edge current projects like the New York City Department of Information and Telecommunications' city-wide GIS utility, PlanGraphics has an exceptional record of success in planning, implementing, and integrating highly effective public sector systems.

Representative Clients: Local

• City of Franklin, Wisc.
• Lower Merion Township, Pa.
• Nashville/Davidson County, Tenn.
• New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
• Horry County, S.C.
• Louisville/Jefferson County, Ky.
• City of Columbus, Ohio
• Sacramento County, Calif.
• Cook County, Ill.
• City of Jersey City, N.J.
• Memphis, Tenn.
• Charleston, S.C.
• Washington, D.C.

Representative Clients: State

• Oregon DAS IRMD
• Rhode Island Department of Transportation
• Georgia GIS Coordinating Committee
• Kentucky Office of Geographic Information
• Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program
• Colorado Department of Natural Resources
• State of South Carolina

Representative Clients: Federal

• USGS
• FGDC
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers