Local GIS Tidbits
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. launched a new Web site and buildings database, Feb 23 “powered by a geographic information system, to support state economic development efforts.” It’s a Zoom Prospector site.
- Indianapolis Business Journal
- press release
I’m a fan of Herkimer, NY (my car broke down there once - and I had a very nice experience). Herkimer County is looking for a tool to help market itself and early discussions include Manifold GIS.
Anne Arundel County decided to drop tracking its plows using GPS, which impacted the snow removal in recent weeks.
With the county having spent more than $10.5 million so far this year on snow removal, giving up the ability to use GPS technology to dispatch the plows in order to save a small sum of money was unwise. Use of the antiquated system resulted in some roads being plowed repeatedly while others in the same neighborhood were never plowed at all, according to the results of an online survey I conducted on Feb. 10.
Apex CoVantage won the contract to do broadband mapping, funded by ARRA, in Nebraska. Many states have gone with Connected Nation, which has ESRI as a partner.
