Applications of Map Book Softwarefor Local Government Agencies

Melisa BowmanLincoln Parish GIS

•North Central Louisiana Parish•472 Square Miles

•Population: 42,000•Ruston: Largest Municipality

•Home to Louisiana Tech Universityand Grambling State University

Lincoln Parish GIS Commission

Group of local government agencies that joined together in 1993 to create a commission to meet the GIS needs of each member agency

and promote the use of GIS in Lincoln Parish.

GIS Commission Members:•Assessor

•City of Ruston•Clerk of Court

•Communications District (911)•Fire Protection District

•Police Jury•Sheriff

Meeting the Needs of Member Agencies

Data & Services

• create & maintain data• store data• make data available to GIS

members and to the public in a useable format

• analyze data• display data in standard and

custom maps• provide instruction and technical

assistance to members• seek new technologies to help

members meet their needs and goals

Software Utilized

• MapLogic map book software• ArcFM utilities software• ESRI Software & Extensions

• ArcInfo• ArcEditor• Arcview• ArcPublisher/ArcReader• Network Analyst• ArcSDE• ArcServer• Image Server

Data Available• Parish Boundary• Municipal Boundaries• Police Jury District & Precincts• School Taxing District• Justice of Peace Wards• Water Districts• Flood Plains• Streams• Railroads• Road Centerlines• Address Points• Structure Footprints• Zip Code Boundaries• Oil & Gas Wells• Cell Towers• LIDAR Contours

• Public Land Survey System (PLSS)• Parcels• Subdivision Lots & Boundaries• Parish Fire Stations & Hydrants• City of Ruston

• City Property• Zoning• Future Land Use• Fire Stations & Hydrants• Water Meters & Lines• Sewer Lines, Manholes & Lift Stations• Electric Meters & Lines

• Aerial Photography• 2008• 2007• 2005 6” & 1’• 2002• 1998 DOQQ

First Map Book

•created in 1997•Emergency Responders & Field Deputies

DSMapBook

•graphically simple map book•11 x 17

•road index maintained in Excel•grid style page numbering

Second Map Book

•created in 2001•addressed issues of confusing page

numbering and bulky size

DSMapBook

•graphically simple map book•road index maintained in Publisher

•8.5 x 14•numeric page numbering

Third Map Book

•created in 2003•addressed issue of bulky size

•addressed issue of page numbering with location indicators

DSMapBook

•more graphical map book•road index maintained in Publisher

•8.5 x 11•grid style page numbering

Current Map Book

•created in 2006•addresses issues of page numbering and

map book index maintenance

MapLogic

•more graphical map book•road index created and maintained within map book

•8.5 x 11•numeric page numbering

Road Index Maps

DSMapBook

• Creating the Index• Was done in Publisher and

added to map as an image

• Maintaining the Index• Image had to be edited in

Publisher and re-inserted in the map

MapLogic

• Creating the Index• Index Series is created

within the map using MapLogic tools

• Maintaining the Index• Simply re-index the index

series

Parcel Books

•Created for use in the Assessor’s Office

•Also used by title researchers, oil & gas land men and individual landowners

•Grid is based on PLSS so each page represents either a section, quarter section or forty depending on density of parcels

Conclusion

DSMapBook• Pros:

• Free• Easy to use• Can be used to create map

books and parcel books

• Cons:• Some difficulty with page

numbering• No Index, location indicators

are used instead

MapLogic• Pros:

• Creates and maintains index within the map book

• More tools such as index labeling options available

• Cons:• Must purchase software• Less user-friendly than

DSMapBook

Contact Information

DSMapBookhttp://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.0/Samples/Cartography/Map_

Production/DSMapBook/DSMapBook.htm

MapLogichttp://www.maplogic.com/

Lincoln Parish GIShttp://www.gis.lincolnparish.org/