no regrets: outsourcing our web services to mobile 311 was a great decision alamance county gis

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No Regrets: Outsourcing our web services to Mobile 311 was a Great Decision Alamance County GIS

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No Regrets: Outsourcing our web services to Mobile 311 was

a Great DecisionAlamance County GIS

Alamance County, NC• Tweener (435 square mile) county between Greensboro and RTP, NC. • Rural and urban bands of population (I-40/85 Corridor)• 351 People per square mile• Pop. 154,500 (2013 Estimate) – 3.3% growth since 2010• 67,473 Housing Units, Median Household Income $46,450 (2013 Estimate)• Cities of Burlington, Elon, Mebane, Graham, The Haw River, Saxapahaw, &

Elon University• Former Burlington Industries Textiles & Tobacco • LabCorp, Honda Engines (Jet & Small Combustible), Sheetz & Wal-Mart

Distribution Centers, Glen Raven Industries, Alamance Regional Medical Center, Mebane Industrial Center, Major Exporter of Water

2008: Cards we were Dealt• Arc IMS with Customized Microsoft

Web Programming Language• One Man/Full Time Vendor (Mostly

Unavailable)• No SQL or Web Programmer on Site

(IT)• Manual 2 Server System for Security• Limited Budget• Staff of Two• Slow Bandwidth

2008: Cards we were Dealt

GIS SDE DATA SERVER

Arc IMS SERVER

One Man/Full Time (Other Job) Stand Alone Web Program

First a Band-Aid, Then a Solution

• Hired Withers & Ravenel (Future Mobile 311) to help with the Web Programming, and IMS Server updates for a couple years• Came to the conclusion that for a little more $ they could host the website offsite

Look at us Now: Website Hosting with ConnectGIS

Arc Desktop

GIS

Every Two Weeks

Look at us Now: Website Hosting with ConnectGIS

• Benefits:• Do not have to worry about updates

to servers, operating systems, & ESRI software for webserver

• Local Web Server – Local NC Company• Don’t have to worry about web based

training for small staff (Web Programmer*)

• More time to focus on core county GIS needs

• One less server to pay for and maintain

• Offsite back-up of critical data sets

GIS Growth in Alamance County

• Have gone from 7 GIS Software Users to 27

• Have gone from 1 GPS Unit to 7 Units

• From less the 1,500 visits on the GIS Website to 15,000 visits per month

• Scanned 20,000 Historical Tax Documents on Archived DVD

• Teach a man to fish: GIS growth & service philosophy

Alamance County Website

Alamance County Website

Whom does the Website Serve?• Real Estate Appraisers, Attorneys, & Mortgage Companies• Comparisons on ConnectGIS and the Tax Site. • Property Rights Mapping & Support – Every day citizen checking their property• Commercialized and Large Residential Property Development• Topographical Maps for Recreational Use• Address confirmation for Real Estate, Closing Attorneys• Historical Maps and Land Research• Fire Insurance & Flood Insurance Confirmation• Commercial & Industrial Site Location for Local Chamber of Commerce &

Outside Companies.• Land Use Qualification, Farm Measurements, Roofers, Concrete & Forestry

Companies• Even line of site for hunting and shooting enthusiasts (bow and rifle) • And much more we don’t even know about…

Alamance County Website• Recent Added Layers

• Historic Sites (Hyperlinked)

• New Voting Districts• Soil Layer (Hyperlinked)• Farm Districts• Preliminary Floodplain• Current Floodplain

• Future Layers• Enhanced Tax Information

(Hyperlinked)• Subdivisions• Parks Layers (Hyperlinked)• Land Use Types• Accurate Postal Zip Codes